1555
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist is a 1555 by Jean Duvet, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Jean Duvet’s engraving shows a wild-haired saint on Patmos, right arm raised as an angel delivers a scroll. The sky crackles with jagged clouds and tiny dots that look like stars. His clothes ripple in a wind you almost feel through the paper. Duvet was one of France’s first engravers to sign his work. This print comes from a rare book called “The Apocalypse,” all about end-times visions. The lines are sharp and deep, like scratches in metal that catch light. See how the angel’s robe lights up where the sun hits. Compare it to Rembrandt’s etchings if you like rich shadows.
In addition to the rare bound volume, the museum owns individual impressions of prints from The Apocalypse .
Read the full account in the museum source.
Jean Duvet (1485 – after 1562) was a French Renaissance goldsmith and engraver, now best known for his engravings.
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