In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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.
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The Fall of Babylon
Huntsman Presenting a Gift to a King
The Apocalypse: St. John Sees the Four Riders
Marriage of Adam and Eve
The Apocalypse: The Fall of Babylon
The Apocalypse: The Winepress of the Wrath of God
Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves
The Apocalypse: The Angel in the Sun Calling the Birds of Pr
Jean Duvet — The Opening of the Seventh Seal, from the Apoca
Jean Duvet — Four Angels holding back the Winds, from the Ap
Jean Duvet — Saint Michael and the Dragon, from the Apocalyp
Albrecht Dürer — The Seven Angels with the Trumpets, from "T
Jean Duvet — The Angel Gives Saint John the Book to Eat, fro
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — Revelation of St. John:
Jean Duvet — Saint John Summoned to Heaven, from the Apocaly
Jean Duvet — The Woman Clothed with the Sun, from the Apocal
Jean Duvet — The Dragon with two Horns and the Beast with Se
Jean Duvet — The Winepress of the Wrath of God, from the Apo
Matteo di Giovanni (Italian, c. 1435–1495) — The Conversion 
Jean Duvet — An innumerable Multitude which Stands before th