The Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns
1546/1556
Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 30.7 × 21.9 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
sheet: 30.9 × 22.3 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1947.7.48
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Catalogue Raisonné
Eisler 1979, no. 52, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 972). (William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1947; gift to NGA, 1947.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1950
Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to 11 venues (California Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI; The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; Museum of Art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN; and Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN), 1950-1952, no cat.
1954
Renaissance Prints by Lucas van Leyden, Marcantonio Raimondi, and Jean Duvet from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, NGA, 1954-1955, 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 left. "HIST. / CAP.1.4 [reversed]. / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at lower left. "B.26 / R-D 40 / R-D (XI) 40L" verso, in graphite, at lower center. "142 90" verso, in graphite, lower left. "42 93" verso, in black ink, lower center.
Markings
Friedrich August II (Lugt 972) recto, lower right corner, partial stamp in black ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, lower right, black stamped ink. "LJR" verso, lower right, black stamped ink.
Wikidata ID
Q65077570