Parable of Weeds in the Wheat

probably c. 1576/1580

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

The image shows a rural landscape with clusters of buildings and a church or tower on distant hills. Fine brushstrokes create a detailed and textured appearance. Two figures are conversing in the foreground; one points forward and wears a robe and headgear, while the other stands barefoot. Nearby, another figure feeds a fire with sticks. In the background, a horse-drawn cart and workers are seen in the fields. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of sepia and brown, adding to the vintage style and historical ambiance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.6 × 6.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.945

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1500), no. 66

  • 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. 66.

Inscriptions

in plate upper left: S. Math. XIII

Wikidata ID

Q65510913

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