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Jean Duvet

A King Pursued by the Unicorn

1540/50
Engraving on paper
22.8 × 39.2 cm (9 × 15.4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Jean Duvet is the earliest identifiable French engraver. This visionary, very personal artist shows the influence of the Fontainebleau School, although he did not belong to it. His most important series of engravings develops a History of the Unicorn; the unicorn served as a symbol for Henry II and Diane de Poitiers.

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