Christ in the Temple

probably c. 1576/1580

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

This is a drawing of an architectural scene with a group of figures under arches. The drawing features a gathering of figures in robes and turbans, interacting under a series of tall, elegant arches that appear to be part of a columned portico. The setting includes a background landscape with visible hills and a city or town in the distance. The sky is filled with wispy clouds, and the background is dotted with leafless trees. The detailed architectural elements and the figures’ attire lend the drawing an air of historic or classical significance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.5 × 6.4 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.990

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1500), no. 73

  • 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. 73.

Inscriptions

in plate at left: S. MATH. XXI (artist's monogram)

Wikidata ID

Q65510961

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