The Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist
Jean Duvet
c. 1555
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 29.7 × 21.2 cm (11 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.) mount: 30.8 × 33.2 cm (12 1/8 × 13 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.286
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...