Saint John Summoned to Heaven

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 within plate mark): 30.2 × 21.5 cm (11 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1947.7.45

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 41, 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

1949

  • Ten Centuries of Christian Art, Milwaukee Art Institute, WI, 1949, no catalogue.

1952

  • Etchings and Other Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA, 1952-1953, no cat.

1962

  • Installation during Fine Art Festival, American River College, Sacramento, CA, 1962, no cat.

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 center. "HIST / CAP 4 / APOC / ET 5" recto, on plate, on plaque at lower right. "arllal" [illeg?] verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q65077563

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