id: 130464 accession number: 1953.213.14 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.213.14 updated: 2022-09-22 09:48:17.898000 The Apocalypse: The Opening of the Seventh Seal, 1546–1556. Jean Duvet (French, 1485–1561). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1953.213.14 title: The Apocalypse: The Opening of the Seventh Seal title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1546–1556 creation date earliest: 1546 creation date latest: 1556 current location: creditline: Gift of the Hanna Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 16th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Eisler 46 --- CREATORS * Jean Duvet (French, 1485–1561) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00 Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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 Raimondi. His solidly modeled human figures reflect the influence of the Italian High Renaissance. Duvet, however, developed an idiosyncratic, highly artificial style with crowded compositions that ignore rational space in favor of ornamental surface patterns. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.213.14/1953.213.14_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.213.14/1953.213.14_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.213.14/1953.213.14_full.tif