The Apocalypse: Christ Mounted on a White Horse
Jean Duvet (French, 1485–1561)
1546–1556
Medium
engraving
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the Hanna Fund
Accession Number
1953.213.25
Tags
male
About this artwork
This print is part of a bound volume of works illustrating the a narrative of the Apocalypse, taken from the Revelation of Saint John in the Bible. The 23 engravings in the series occupied the artist for a number of years and represent his greatest artistic achievement. The museum's volume is one of only seven known complete sets. Jean Duvet was one of the first major printmakers in France and one of the most original artists of the 1500s. Although he worked mostly in the provincial city of Lang...