La Majesté Royale

probably 1548

Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.8 × 20.5 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet ([irreg.]): 38.2 × 25.6 cm (15 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1951.10.442

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 63, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

D'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Westphalia (Lugt 567). (William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1951; gift to NGA, 1951.

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 / VE / T" recto, on plate, on double-tablet, lower left. "RENOMMEE" recto, on plate, on plaquet at upper left, and on five banners of trumpets in upper left, upper right, and center left. "SAPI / ENCE" recto, on plate, on book at center right. "ICONES VARIAE APOCALIPSIS" recto, on plate, lower center, black ink, unknown hand. "Dinya La Foret A. le 3 juillet 1641 / C. E. Edd 1" recto, on plate, bottom center, brown ink, unknown hand. "N. 60" recto, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "No. 99" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

Collection d'Arenberg (Lugt 567) verso, lower left margin, blue stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art, LRJ" verso, lower left, black stamped ink.

Wikidata ID

Q65359631

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