1550
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Apocalypse: Satan Bound for a Thousand Years is a 1550 by Jean Duvet, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows Satan chained and falling into a pit of fire. Flames lick his legs as angels lock a heavy iron cuff around his neck. Above, a crowd of saints and angels watch from clouds of gold. Jean Duvet spent nearly ten years making this series of 23 engravings. Only seven complete sets survive today. The detail in the chains and flames is incredible for such small metal plates. This style of dramatic religious printmaking started in Germany before spreading to France. Check out another of Duvet’s works, like his engraving of the Four Horsemen, for more.
This print is part of a bound volume of works illustrating the a narrative of the Apocalypse, taken from the Revelation of Saint John in the Bible. The 23 engravings in the series occupied the artist for a number of years and represent his greatest artistic achievement. The museum's volume is one of only seven known complete sets. Jean Duvet was one of the first major printmakers in France and one of the most original artists of the 1500s. Although he worked mostly in the provincial city of Langres, he became aware of Italian art through the circulation of prints—notably those of Marcantonio…
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Jean Duvet (1485 – after 1562) was a French Renaissance goldsmith and engraver, now best known for his engravings.
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