If I only Touch His Garments, I shall be Made Well

1578

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

This is a drawing of a biblical scene from the Gospel of Matthew. The image shows a group of figures gathered in a pastoral landscape with rolling hills, trees, and a distant city visible in the background. At the foreground, the figures are clustered around a central character who has a halo. Various individuals are shown conversing or interacting with this central figure, some gesturing with their hands. The background includes a landscape with buildings, trees, and a river or path crossing a bridge. The scene captures a moment of dialogue or teaching, with elements of nature and architecture providing context. The style of the drawing is reminiscent of Renaissance religious art with detailed hatching and line work that gives depth and texture to the figures and landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.5 × 6.3 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.972

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1500), no. 71

  • Series Title

    Scenes from the New Testament [1964.8.944-1025]


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1932

  • Linzeler, André. Inventaire du fonds français; graveurs du seizième siècle. Paris, 1932: I. 383, no. 71.

Inscriptions

in plate upper left: S MATHIEV IX (artist's monogram) / 1578

Wikidata ID

Q65510942

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