ID 1303489 
Lot 9  | JEAN DUVET (1485-1570)
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000 
La bête a sept têtes et a dix cornes (The Beast with Seven Head and Ten Horns), from: L'Apocalypse figurée
engraving
circa 1546-55
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine, luminous impression of this rare subject
second, final state, without text verso
printing strongly and sharply, with considerable inky relief
with a light plate tone and prominent guidelines on the tablet
with margins and square sheet corners above
the tips of the upper sheet corners restored
generally in good condition
Plate: 12 x 8 ¾ in. (306 x 222 mm.)
Sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 3/16 in. (332 x 232 mm.)
Provenance
With Hill-Stone Inc., New York.
Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, Detroit; acquired from the above in 2010; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch 26; Bersier 31; Eisler 52
| Artist: | Jean Duvet (1485 - 1562) | 
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| Applied technique: | Engraving | 
| Art style: | Old Masters | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Artist: | Jean Duvet (1485 - 1562) | 
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| Applied technique: | Engraving | 
| Art style: | Old Masters | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Address of auction | 
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