Mary and Joseph Find the Boy Jesus in the Temple with the Doctors

probably c. 1576/1580

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

This is a drawing of an interior scene with classical architectural elements. The image depicts an ornate building interior with lined columns creating distinct sections. The ceiling features semi-circular arches, and draperies overlay the structure. At the back of the room, there is an elevated structure, possibly an altar, framed by detailed carvings and additional columns. Text is inscribed at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 6.7 × 6.2 cm (2 5/8 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.952

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1500), no. 98

  • 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. 98.

Inscriptions

in plate across bottom: COMME. IEHS. CHRIST. FVT TROVV AVEC. LES. DOCTEV

Wikidata ID

Q65510920

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