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Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

The image shows an older man with a white beard and prominent facial features seated at a desk with books. He wears a robe and a head wrap, and a textured background surrounds him. An ornate border with Greek script encircles the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 x 15.1 cm (7 x 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.208.36

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Firmin-Didot 'Portraits', undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1875

  • Firmin-Didot, Ambroise. Les graveurs de portraits en France; catalogue raisonne de la collection des portraits de l'ecole francaise. 2 vols. Paris:Firmin-Didot, 1875-1877.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: L. Gaultier incidit.

Wikidata ID

Q75120754

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