Christ the Teacher

probably c. 1576/1580

Léonard Gaultier

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

This is a drawing showing a group of people by the sea with a sailing ship and a tree. The scene features several figures standing near the shoreline, a large sailing ship to the right, a fire on the ground producing smoke, and a bent tree with thick foliage on the left. In the background, there are hills, a small structure that resembles a chapel or house, and people engaged in farm work. The figures are dressed in robes, and the drawing is detailed with precise line work, resembling old engravings or etchings. The composition balances the calm sea with the activity on the shore.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.5 × 6.3 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1013

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1500), no. 68

  • 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. 68.

Inscriptions

in plate across top: S LVC IX

Wikidata ID

Q65510984

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