A King Receiving a Present

Art Institute of Chicago

A King Receiving a Present

Jean Duvet

Date
n.d.
Medium
Engraving on paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

This print, more than any other in Duvet's oeuvre, demonstrates the influence of the School of Fountainebleau on his work. It illustrates a popular fourteenth-century story of the hunt by Henri de Ferrières. The king and Diana may be meant to refer to King Henri II and Diane de Poitiers.

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