Saint John Summoned to Heaven
1546/1556
Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570
Jean Duvet
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.9 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
mount: 39.4 × 29.2 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.) -
Accession Number
1946.21.282
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Catalogue Raisonné
Eisler 1979, no. 41, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Lugt 1608, and deaccession stamp, Lugt 2482). (William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1962
The Saints in Prints & Illuminations from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, The Art Gallery of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1962-1963, no. 45.
1983
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.
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. "Duvet" verso, upper center, graphite, unknown hand. "WK goth P." verso, upper center right, graphite, unknown hand. "10131" verso, lower right, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Lugt 1608, and deaccession stamp, Lugt 2482), verso, lower center, brown stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, center left, black stamped ink. "LJR" verso, center left, black stamped ink.
Watermarks
Gothic "P"
Wikidata ID
Q65077505