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The Angel in the Sun Calling the Birds of Prey
Jean Duvet (French, 1485–1561)
about 1550-1555
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.1 × 25.9 cm (15 × 10 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 30.1 × 21.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 9/16 in.)(semicircular at the top)
Platemark: 30.1 × 21.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 9/16 in.)(semicircular at the top)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.723
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Eisler 58, ii/ii; Bartsch 32; Robert-Dumesnil 46; IFF 41; from Le Blanc 27-49
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the d'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Nordkirchen (Lugt 567); verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceDuke of Arenberg, Belgium; William H. Schab, New York; from whom purchased 1951.