The Angel Shows Saint John the New Jerusalem

1546/1556

Jean Duvet

Associated Names
Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

This is a drawing of intricately designed architectural structures with dynamic figures. The scene includes ornate buildings in the background and powerful figures in the foreground engaged in various activities. There are symbolic elements and a background featuring maritime elements with boats and a coastal settlement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet ([irreg.] trimmed within plate mark): 29.9 × 20.4 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1977.8.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 60, State only

  • Series Title

    Plate 22 from the Apocalypse

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Bull and Elizabeth Bull [1749 - 1809]; (sale Sotheby's, March 20, 1973, lot 31); (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.); purchased 1977 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

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

Inscriptions

"IOHA / NNES / DVVET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower left. "HIST / CAP 21 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at lower right.

Wikidata ID

Q65572096

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