A King and Diana Receiving Huntsmen

probably c. 1547/1555

Jean Duvet

Associated Names
Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

This is a drawing of a scene featuring several figures in a landscape with a detailed cityscape in the background. The figures are engaged in conversation or preparation, some adorned in robes and holding objects like a scepter or shield. Hounds are resting nearby, while other figures stand holding spears or shepherd staffs, one of whom seems to be managing a group of dogs. The city in the background displays towers, bridges, and buildings, set against a backdrop of hills and forests. The artwork has detailed line work and complex compositions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 22.6 × 40 cm (8 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3705

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 32, State only

  • Series Title

    Plate from the Unicorn

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Arthur H. Harlow & Company, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1939; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1946

  • Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Cayuga Museum of History and Art, Auburn, NY, 1946, no cat.

Bibliography

1979

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

Inscriptions

"OS MG 2 Paris" recto, lower right, graphite, unknown hand. QRF [Illeg?] recto, lower left, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

Bunch of grapes.

Wikidata ID

Q64958977

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