Les Feste du mois de Janvier (January: the Circumcision)

1603

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

Jean Leclerc

Publisher, French, c. 1587 - 1633

This is a drawing showing various religious scenes associated with the month of January. The image is divided into segments, depicting different Christian events and figures. The main section illustrates a religious ceremony with a group of figures gathered around a baby with a halo. The upper right segment shows the adoration of the Magi, with figures offering gifts to a child. The bottom right segment shows a saint-like figure with a halo, holding a staff and a book. Other depictions include saints labeled "S. Antoine" and "S. Sebastian" in the background. The text at the top identifies this as the festive celebrations of January ("Les Feste du Mois de Ianuier"). The drawing includes intricate details of religious art, with attention to architecture and expressions of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.1 × 13.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 29 × 20.4 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.44.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1600), no. 94

  • 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. 94

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Les Festes du Mois de Mars.; center in plate: S. Gregoire le 12./S. Joseph le 19./S. Thomas d'Acquin le 5./Ave/Gratia/Plena/Ecce piet et/Virgo par/conci/l'Annunciatio a la Vierge Marie le 25; lower left in plate: L. Gaultier/sculpcit; lower center in plate: L'Anonciation, Sainct Thomas, Sainct Gregoire,.../...De verdue emaillant la terre en toutes pars.;lower right in plate: J. le Clerc/excudit.

Wikidata ID

Q77016069

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