Jean Duvet
French, 1485-1570
A King Pursued by the Unicorn
INV-5331
Jean Duvet
French, 1485-15701540/50
A King Pursued by the Unicorn
Jean Duvet French, 1485-1570 →engravingprint
Date
1540/50
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 22.8 × 39.2 cm (9 × 15 7/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 × 39.5 cm (9 3/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
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.