The Good Samaritan

probably c. 1576/1580

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

The image is viewed from a slightly elevated perspective, showing a scene with a distant cityscape on a low horizon, dominated by buildings and towers. The scene is rendered in an etching technique with detailed line work for texture in trees, clothing, and buildings. In the foreground, a man assists another man on the ground, with a horse grazing nearby. Further in the background, a winding path leads to more buildings with figures. The color scheme is earthy with browns and tans.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.7 × 6.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.983

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1500), no. 113

  • 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. 113.

Inscriptions

in plate lower left: S LVC X

Wikidata ID

Q65510953

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