Les Festes du mois de Septembre (September: Birth of the Virgin)

1603

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

Jean Leclerc

Publisher, French, c. 1587 - 1633

This drawing portrays various religious scenes associated with the month of September. The central composition is divided into sections depicting different events within a larger rectangle. On the left side, there are scenes set against a mountainous landscape, including armored figures, serene figures interacting with celestial beings, and a cross with inscriptions below each scene. On the right side, the focus shifts indoors, showing a figure resting in an elaborate canopy bed, attendants engaged in various activities, such as preparing food and caring for a child. The drawing is detailed, with figures in dynamic poses, and shading and crosshatching convey depth and texture. Above the scenes, a scale is depicted among the clouds, with text detailing the "Festes du Mois de September".

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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: 29.1 × 20.4 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.44.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1600), 102

  • 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. 102

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Les Feste du Mois de Septembre.; center in plate: L'Exaltation S. Croix le 14./S. Michel le 29./S. Matthieu le 21./Nativité nre Dame le 8.; lower left in plate: L. Gaultier/sculpcit; lower center in plate: De la nativité de la vierge Marie.../...De sainct Michel on faict commemoration.; lower right in plate: J. le Clerc/excudit.

Wikidata ID

Q77016084

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