The Multitude Which Stands before the Throne

1546/1556

Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet ([irreg.] trimmed to plate mark): 30.5 × 21.5 cm (12 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1947.7.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 45, State only

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" and "DV / VET" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower left. "HIST / CAP 7 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at lower center. "SALVS DEO NRO QUI SEDET SVPER TRONV ET AGNO" recto, on plate, on halo at upper center. "arllal" verso, lower left margin, graphite, uknown hand.

Markings

"National Gallery of Art, LJR" verso, lower center.

Wikidata ID

Q65077558

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