Les Festes du mois de Juin (June: The Pentecost)
Léonard Gaultier
1603
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 18.9 × 21.8 cm (7 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 29 × 20.4 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2015.44.8
About the Artist
Léonard Gaultier · 1561–1641
Léonard Gaultier, a prolific French engraver born in Mainz around 1561, established himself as a prominent printmaker and publisher in Paris, where he died in 1641. Operating from addresses like "A l'Arche de Noé" on rue du Monceau-Saint-Gervais by 1585, he produced book illustrations, frontispieces, title pages, broadsides, almanacs, and standalone prints, often collaborating with publishers such...