Christ Teaching in the Synagogue

probably c. 1576/1580

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

The image depicts eight figures in a group scene. The central figure is standing and gesturing with one hand while facing a seated figure. The seated figure on the left wears a headdress and is gesturing towards the standing figure. Other individuals surround them, dressed in period attire. The background includes a column, a landscape with a river, towers, and distant city structures under a cloudy sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.992

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1500), no. 104

  • 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. 104.

Inscriptions

in plate upper right: S IEHAN VI

Wikidata ID

Q65510963

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