La Majesté Royale
Jean Duvet
probably 1548
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.8 × 20.5 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.) sheet ([irreg.]): 38.2 × 25.6 cm (15 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1951.10.442
About the Artist
Jean Duvet · 1485–1570
Jean Duvet (1485–after 1562), a pioneering French goldsmith and engraver from the provincial heartlands of Dijon and Langres, emerged as the first significant printmaker in France. Born to a Dijon goldsmith, he trained in the family trade and rose swiftly, becoming master of the Dijon Goldsmiths' Guild by 1509. Duvet's early career blended goldsmithing with engraving; no specific teachers are docu...