Les Festes du mois de Juillet (July: The Visitation)

1603

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

Jean Leclerc

Publisher, French, c. 1587 - 1633

This is a drawing of religious figures engaging in various interactions. The image is filled with detailed engravings depicting a scene that illustrates several figures. In the foreground, multiple figures engage in a reverent exchange, with one figure extending a hand to another. The background features a rugged landscape with figures sitting or standing on the hills. Above the scene, there is a celestial symbol appearing amidst clouds. The script at the top reads "LES FESTES DV MOIS DE IVILLET," and further text at the bottom provides additional context in French. The ornate border and precise detail indicate this is a work of high craftsmanship, likely intended to represent or celebrate religious festivities or saints associated with the month of July.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19 × 13.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.1 × 20.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.44.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1600), no. 100

  • 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. 100

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Les Feste du Mois de Juillet.; center in plate: S. Anne le 28./S. M. Magdeleine le 22./S. Jacques S. Christofle le 25./le visitati/on nos tre/Dame le 2.; lower left in plate: L. Gaultier/sculpcit; lower center in plate: La visitation de nostre dame on feste.../...Et chacun de faire l'aoust en ce mois à soucy; lower right in plate: J. le Clerc/excudit.

Wikidata ID

Q77016081

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