Artist
Jean Duvet
France
Jean Duvet is a France Renaissance artist. 75 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Jean Duvet (1485 – after 1562) was a French Renaissance goldsmith and engraver, now best known for his engravings. He was the first significant French printmaker. He produced about 73 known plates, that convey a highly personal style, often compared to that of William Blake, with very crowded compositions, a certain naive quality, and intense religious feeling. According to Henri Zerner, his work has a "freedom and immediacy that have no equivalent in Renaissance printmaking". A degree of mystery surrounds his biography, as there is disagreement as to whether or not he was the Jean Duvet from Dijon who spent sixteen years in the militantly Calvinist city-state of Geneva.
Works by Jean Duvet
- Saint John Summoned to Heaven
- Four Angels Holding Back the Winds
- A King and Diana Receiving Huntsmen
- The Unicorn Purifies the Water with Its Horn
A King and Diana Receiving Huntsmen
The Angel in the Sun Calling the Birds of Prey
A King Pursued by a Unicorn
The Judgment of Solomon
Jean Duvet as Saint John the Evangelist
Saint John Sees the Seven Golden Candlesticks
Saint John Summoned to Heaven
The Angel Sounding the Sixth Trumpet
Saint Michael and the Dragon
The Fall of Babylon
The Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist
The Triumph of the Unicorn
The Unicorn Purifies the Water with Its Horn
A Star Falls and Makes Hell to Open
The Multitude Which Stands before the Throne
The Babylon Harlot
Saint John Summoned to Heaven
The Angel Gives Saint John the Book to Eat
The Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns
The Dragon and the Beast
75 works in the catalog · 24 shown
Collections represented
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