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Jean Duvet

Saint Michael and the Dragon, 1546/1556

Not on View

series Title

Plate 13 from the Apocalypse

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet ([irreg.] trimmed to plate mark): 29 × 20.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
mount: 35.5 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Eisler 1979, no. 51, State only

Accession Number

1946.21.284

Artists / Makers

Jean Duvet (artist) French, 1485 - c. 1570

Image Use

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Inscription

"IOHA / NNES / DV / VET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower left. "HIST / CAP 12 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at upper right. "RD - 39" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"National Gallery of Art" verso, lower right margin, black stamped ink.

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Schab Gallery, Inc., William H.

Exhibition History

1950: Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 72.

1951: French Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, University of Pittsburgh, 1951.

1973: The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 1973, no. 27, repro.

1982: Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 56, repro.

Bibliography

1979: Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York: Abaris Books,1979.

1982: Fine, Ruth E. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1982, no. 56.