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Series Title: The Apocalypse

The Fall of Babylon

c. 1555

Jean Duvet

(French, 1485–1561)
Culture
France, 16th century
Medium
engraving
Measurements
Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.); Unframed: 30.6 x 21.7 cm (12 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Plate: 30.2 x 21.2 cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1939.673
Catalogue raisonné
Eisler 56
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

In addition to the rare bound volume, the museum owns individual impressions of prints from The Apocalypse.
A vertically oriented engraving in black ink with an arched top depicts architectural collapse. In the foreground, a woman falls backward onto a creature with seven heads. To our left, a musician stands near broken columns. Above, a stone building crumbles amidst smoke. On our right, a dense crowd and soldiers on horseback look toward the woman. In the upper right, a winged figure hovers among clouds overlooking the destruction.

The Fall of Babylon

c. 1555

Jean Duvet

(French, 1485–1561)
France, 16th century

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