A King and Diana Receiving Huntsmen

probably c. 1547/1555

Jean Duvet

Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 22.2 × 37.8 cm (8 3/4 × 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1941.1.155

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eisler 1979, no. 32, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Davidsohn [1839 - 1924?] (Lugt 654). Gustav von Rath [b. 1888] (Lugt 2772). W. G. Russell Allen [1882 - 1955]; gift to NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 138, repro.

Bibliography

1979

  • Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York: Abaris Books,1979.

Inscriptions

"B - 39 R D 54" verso, lower left, graphite, unknown hand. "M 4112" verso, lower right, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

Gustav von Rath (Lugt 2772) verso, lower left margin, black stamped ink. Paul Davidsohn (Lugt 654), verso, lower left margin, black stamped ink. Unidentified mark (Lugt 2177) verso, lower right margin, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art " verso, lower right, black stamped ink. "LJR" verso, lower right, black stamped ink.

Wikidata ID

Q64958975

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