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

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.3 × 21.6 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/2 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 33.1 × 23.5 cm (13 1/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1941.1.153

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 41, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. G. Russell Allen [1882 - 1955]; gift to NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

  • Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York,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. "No 15. P504" recto, lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "H [illeg?] 500" recto, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "NOX" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64958972

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