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This is a drawing of a scene featuring several figures in a landscape with a detailed cityscape in the background. The figures are engaged in conversation or preparation, some adorned in robes and holding objects like a scepter or shield. Hounds are resting nearby, while other figures stand holding spears or shepherd staffs, one of whom seems to be managing a group of dogs. The city in the background displays towers, bridges, and buildings, set against a backdrop of hills and forests. The artwork has detailed line work and complex compositions.
National Gallery of Art · Print
A King and Diana Receiving Huntsmen
Jean Duvet
- Date
- probably c. 1547/1555
- Medium
- engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 22.6 × 40 cm (8 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1943.3.3705
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1501 to 1550
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Plate from the Unicorn
Subjects and terms
- architecture
- Seated figure
- Dog
- Burgundian
- Sheep
- Figures
Provenance
(Arthur H. Harlow & Company, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1939; gift to NGA, 1943.
Inscription
"OS MG 2 Paris" recto, lower right, graphite, unknown hand. QRF [Illeg?] recto, lower left, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks
Rosenwald, lower left margin, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art, LJR" verso, lower left, stamped black ink.
Watermarks
Bunch of grapes.
NGA object ID 6823. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.