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The Angel in the Sun, Calling the Birds of Prey (from The Apocalypse of St. John)

The Angel in the Sun, Calling the Birds of Prey (from The Apocalypse of St. John)

Artist Jean Duvet (French, 1485-ca. 1570)
Dateabout 1545-1556
Dimensions11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (29.8 x 21.2 cm)
MediumEngraving
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1931.10
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Label TextJean 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.Published Referencescf. Popham, A. E., "Jean Duvet" The Print Collector's Quarterly, VIII, No. 2, July 1921, pp.122-150, no. 42.

cf. Ivins, William M. Jr., "Jean Duvet," The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1926, XXI, April Supplement, pp. 18-22.

cf. Grand Palais, Paris, L'Ecole de Fountainebleau, 1972, p. 260.

Gorney, Michaelene, "Musical Instruments: percussion," Toledo Museum of Art News, vol. 20, no. 4, 1978, p. 109, repr. fig.. 20.

Exhibition HistoryArt Institute Of Chicago, Century of Progress: Exhibition of Prints, 1933, no. 46, repr. pl. X.

Toledo Museum of Art, Music and Prints, Oct. 6 - Nov. 18, 1979.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Passion and the Apocalypse: Albrecht Dürer's Renaissance Oct 1, 2004 - Jan 2, 2005.

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