Saint John Sees the Seven Golden Candlesticks
1546/1556
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 30.5 × 21.2 cm (12 × 8 3/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 35 × 24.5 cm (13 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.) mount: 45 × 32 cm (17 11/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.281
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...