The Angel Gives Saint John the Book to Eat

1552/1556

Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.9 × 21.6 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1947.7.46

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 48, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1947; gift to NGA, 1947.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

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

Inscriptions

"IOHA / NNES / DV / VET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower left. "HIST / CAP 10 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at upper center. "arllel" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"National Gallery of Art, LJR" verso, lower left, black stamped ink.

Wikidata ID

Q65077567


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