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The Angel in the Sun, Calling the Birds of Prey (from The Apocalypse of St. John)
Artist: Jean Duvet (French, 1485-ca. 1570)
Date: about 1545-1556
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (29.8 x 21.2 cm)
Medium: Engraving
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1931.10
Label Text:Jean Duvet was among the earliest to practice engraving in France. Trained as a silversmith, his work is filled with detail similar to that on engraved silverware of the time. A mystic, he belonged to a fanatic Catholic fraternity, but later, in Geneva, he worked for the Protestant Calvinists, designing coins, stained glass, and fortifications. Among his best works, which show his tendency towards mysticism, was a set of illustrations for the Apocalypse of St. John. His heavy and dark style, along with the phantasmagoric forms, reinforces the mood of the subject depicted.
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