The Unicorn Purifies the Water with Its Horn
probably c. 1555/1561
Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 22.5 × 40 cm (8 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1946.21.288
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Catalogue Raisonné
Eisler 1979, no. 68, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1971
Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.
Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 31, repro.
1973
Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 71, repro.
2000
The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.
2007
Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007
Bibliography
1979
Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York: Abaris Books,1979.
Markings
"National Gallery of Art, LJR" verso, upper right center, black stamped ink.
Watermarks
grapes
Wikidata ID
Q65077523