Triumph of the Unicorn

Prints and Drawings

1540–50

Jean Duvet
French, 1485-after 1561

Jean Duvet depicted unicorns in several of his print series as representations of purity. Here the procession of the Triumph of the Unicorn symbolizes the victory of Christianity. God the father, presented as Jupiter, ushers the son, the unicorn, into paradise with the crown of heaven. Duvet densely engraved his prints; the varying degrees of ink tone in this impression imply that the printing plate was either unfinished or worked over a long period of time.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean Duvet
Title: Triumph of the Unicorn
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1540–1550
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: 23.2 × 38.6 cm (9 3/16 × 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Reference Number: 1956.50
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