Saint John Summoned to Heaven
Jean Duvet
1546/1556
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 30.3 × 21.6 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/2 in.) sheet (irreg.): 33.1 × 23.5 cm (13 1/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of W.G. Russell Allen
Accession Number
1941.1.153
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...