The Winepress of the Wrath of God, 1546/1556

Not on View

series Title

Plate 15 from the Apocalypse

Medium

engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet ([irreg.] trimmed within plate mark): 31 × 22.1 cm (12 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Eisler 1979, no. 53, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1947.7.52

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

"IOHA / NNES / DV / VET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower right. "HIST / CAP 14 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at lower left. "arllal" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

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

Exhibition History

1950: Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 71, repro.

Bibliography

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