Jean Duvet was a French Renaissance goldsmith and engraver, now best known for his engravings. He was the first significant French printmaker. He produced about 73 known plates, that convey a highly p
Detail of The Marriage of Adam and Eve, probably 1540/1555, engraving
The Unicorn Purifies the Water with Its Horn, probably c. 1555–1561
Henry II between France and Fame, c. 1548
A burin is a steel cutting tool used in engraving, from the French burin. Its older English name and synonym is graver.
Jean Duvet
…his last years, when his horror vacui, or inability to leave space unfilled, abated somewhat. He copied prints by Marcantonio and Mantegna, and his burin technique is especially indebted to the former. A very free copy of Mantegna's Entombment shows him imposing his own vision with complete confidence…
A burin diagram, showing the handle, shaft, cutting tip, and face. The bend in the shaft is especially associated with wood engraving.
The malformed hand of Hendrik Goltzius, which was especially suited to the use of a burin