The Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns

Creator Name

Jean Duvet

Cultural Context

Date

1546/1556, 1501 to 1550

Source

National Gallery of Art

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Title

The Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns

Creator

Jean Duvet, French, 1485 - c. 1570, artist

Worktype

Cultural Context

Material

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.7 × 21.9 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/8 in.) sheet: 30.9 × 22.3 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Technique

Language

Date

1546/1556, 1501 to 1550

Provenance

Rosenwald Collection; Donor: Lessing Julius Rosenwald; Source: Lessing Julius Rosenwald

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

"IOHA / NNES / DV / VET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at lower left. "HIST. / CAP.1.4 [reversed]. / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at lower left. "B.26 / R-D 40 / R-D (XI) 40L" verso, in graphite, at lower center. "142 90" verso, in graphite, lower left. "42 93" verso, in black ink, lower center.; Friedrich August II (Lugt 972) recto, lower right corner, partial stamp in black ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, lower right, black stamped ink. "LJR" verso, lower right, black stamped ink.

Location

Burgundian

Source

National Gallery of Art

Subjects

Costume; Monster; animal; Figures

Topic

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