Inscription
"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.
Marks and Labels
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.
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.
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.
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