Les Festes du mois d'Avril (April: The Resurrection)

1603

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

Jean Leclerc

Publisher, French, c. 1587 - 1633

This is a drawing of a resurrection scene. The central figure is in dramatic motion, ascending with a halo and holding a banner. Surrounding the central figure are clouds, and soldiers in classical attire at the lower portion of the scene. In the background to the left, there is a crucified figure on a cross. The landscape includes rolling hills and distant settlements. The artwork is intricately detailed with fine lines and shading typical of prints from the early modern period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.9 × 13.1 cm (7 7/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 29 × 20.4 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.44.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1600), no. 97

  • Series Title

    Le Sacré Zodiaque (The Sacred Zodiac Divided into Twelve Months)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1939

  • IFF (1600), no. 97

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Les Feste du Mois d'Avril.; center in plate: S. Marc le 25.; lower left in plate: L. Gaultier/sculpcit; lower center in plate: La Resurrection tous les ans ne se feste.../...Au jous vingt-cinquiesme et ne faict autre tour.; lower right in plate: J. le Clerc/excudit.

Wikidata ID

Q77016074

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