The artist Jean Duvet in the guise of St. John the Evangelist, sitting at a desk

Jean Duvet

ca. 1546–55

The artist Jean Duvet in the guise of St. John the Evangelist, sitting at a desk by Jean Duvet

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.4 x 21.6 cm) sheet: 12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (31.5 x 22.2 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925

Accession Number

25.2.68

Tags

WomenSaint John the EvangelistBirdsMenBoats

About the Artist

Jean Duvet · 14851570

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...

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