Artwork
Les Festes du mois de Juillet (July: The Visitation)
Les Festes du mois de Juillet (July: The Visitation) is an ink print by the Baroque artist Léonard Gaultier. It dates from 1603 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Les Festes du mois de Juillet (July: The Visitation) is an engraving on laid paper created by Léonard Gaultier, measuring 19 × 13.1 cm.
Subject & Meaning
The engraving depicts the New Testament scene of the Visitation, where Mary visits Elizabeth, capturing a moment of tender interaction between the two pregnant women.
Technique & Style
Gaultier's use of fine lines effectively conveys texture and intimacy, rendering the fabric and flesh with subtle detail, and creating a quiet, rather than dramatic, atmosphere.
History & Provenance
The engraving is part of the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund collection.
Artist & collection
Artist
Léonard Gaultier, or, as he sometimes signed himself, Galter, a French engraver, was born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641.
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