The Fall of Babylon, 1546/1556

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series Title

Plate 18 from the Apocalypse

Medium

engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet (irreg.): 30.5 × 21.5 cm (12 × 8 7/16 in.)
plate: 29.8 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Eisler 1979, no. 56, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1946.21.285

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

"IOHA / NNES / DV / VET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower right. "HIST / CAP 18 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaquey at lower right center.

Marks and Labels

"National Gallery of Art, LJR" verso, lower center, 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.

Bibliography

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