Four Angels Holding Back the Winds, 1546/1556

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series Title

Plate 6 from the Apocalypse

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet ([irreg.] trimmed within plate mark): 30 × 21.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

Catalogue Raisonné

Eisler 1979, no. 44, State only

Accession Number

1941.1.154

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 7 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at upper left. "No. 17. P505." recto, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "11" recto, lower center margin, black ink, unknown hand. "11" [illeg?] recto, lower left margin, black ink, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

W. G. Russell Allen [1882 - 1955]; gift to NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Allen, W.G. Russell, Mr.

Bibliography

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