The Judgment of Solomon

probably c. 1516

Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.1 × 22.2 cm (5 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1945.5.67

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 10, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 972). (Richard H. Zinser [1884 - 1984], Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1945; gift to NGA, 1945.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

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

Inscriptions

"C 9903" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "74 807" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Pass [illeg?] 64 lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "RD x 87" verso, lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "S 38967" verso, lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

Friedrich August II (Lugt 972) recto, on plate, lower right corner, partial stamp in black ink. "National Gallery of Art, LJR" verso, lower center, black stamped ink.

Wikidata ID

Q65022244

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