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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1143
People
Jean Duvet, French (Dijon? 1485 - 1561 Langres)
Title
King on Horseback and Suite, Fleeing the Attack of a Unicorn
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Six sujets faisants, peut-être, allusion aux amours de Henri II et Diane de Poit
Original Language Title: Un roi se sauvant avec sa suite pour échapper à une licorne qui a déjà tué plusieurs chasseurs.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299868

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 22.9 x 38.2 cm (9 x 15 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hermann Weber, (L. 1383), Collector, auction, 17 September 1855, Weigel, 1855.
Francis Calley Gray, Collector, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
R.-D. 55

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1143
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Harvard University Art Museums/ Harvard University Press, Francis Calley Gray and Art Collecting for America (Cambridge, MA, 1986), p. 221, fig. 16
  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Exhibition History

  • Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986

Verification Level

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