Christ and the Woman of Samaria

probably c. 1576/1580

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

This is a drawing featuring figures and a scene set in an ancient landscape. The image portrays a gathering of individuals around a table and a well, with an architectural backdrop. In the foreground, three figures are sitting around a table under a tree, another figure stands nearby gesturing towards them and the well. In the background, a fortified city with buildings and towers is visible. Detailed linework is used to create texture across the landscape and architecture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.5 × 6.1 cm (2 9/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.993

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1500), no. 102

  • 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. 993.

Inscriptions

in plate: S JEHAN-IIII

Wikidata ID

Q65510964

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