The Opening of the Seventh Seal, 1546/1556

Not on View

series Title

Plate 8 from the Apocalypse

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet ([irreg.] trimmed to plate mark): 30.5 × 22.2 cm (12 × 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Eisler 1979, no. 46, State only

Accession Number

1947.7.50

Artists / Makers

Jean Duvet (artist) French, 1485 - c. 1570

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

"IOHA / NNES / DV / VET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower left. "HIST / CAP 8 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at lower center. "3" verso, lower left, graphite, unknown hand. "arllal" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1947; gift to NGA, 1947.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Schab Gallery, Inc., William H.

Bibliography

1979: Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York: Abaris Books,1979.