The Fall of Babylon

1546/1556

Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irreg.): 30.5 × 21.5 cm (12 × 8 7/16 in.)
    plate: 29.8 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1946.21.285

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 56, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.

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 right. "HIST / CAP 18 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaquey at lower right center.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q65077514

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