Les Festes du mois de Decembre (December: The Nativity)

1603

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

Jean Leclerc

Publisher, French, c. 1587 - 1633

This is a drawing depicting various religious figures and events celebrated in December, centered around a nativity scene. The image shows Saint Nicholas, the conception of the Virgin Mary, Saint Thomas, Saint John the Evangelist, Stephen the First Martyr, and the Holy Innocents, along with corresponding celebration dates. The foreground features the nativity of Jesus in a stable with animals. The artwork is detailed with intricate lines and shading reminiscent of religious engravings from the Renaissance era.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19 × 12.9 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 29 × 20.4 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.44.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1600), no. 105

  • 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. 105

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Les Feste du Mois de Decembre.; center in plate: S. Nicolas le 6. La Conception de la Vierge Marie le 8. S. Thomas le 21./Les Innocents le 28./S. Jean l'evang le 27./S. Estienne le 26/La nativité de nre seigneur le 25.; lower left in plate: L. Gaultier/sculpcit; lower center in plate: Sainct Nicolas on feste, et la vierge Marie.../...Sainct Estienne sainct Jean, avec les Innocents.; lower right in plate: J. le Clerc/excudit.

Wikidata ID

Q77016089

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