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Series Title: The Apocalypse

The Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist

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: 29.5 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1948.454
Catalogue raisonné
Eisler 39
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 oval engraving in dense black-inked fine lines depicts Saint John the Evangelist with a light skin tone seated on a many-headed dragon in a columned hall. He looks left with an eagle behind him, while a winged lion and calf stand by a desk. Above, three figures with light skin tones, including Christ, sit on clouds around an open book. Latin text curves along the top.

The Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist

c. 1555

Jean Duvet

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

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