The Babylon Harlot

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 (trimmed to plate mark): 30.3 x 21.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1947.7.44

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 55, 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

Exhibition History

1973

  • The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 1973, no. 34, repro.29

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1979

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

Inscriptions

"IOHA / NNES / DVVET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower left. "HIST / CAP 17 ET 18 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at center left. "arllal" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q65077561

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