Mary and Joseph Find the Boy Jesus in the Temple with the Doctors
1578
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1578
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Mary and Joseph Find the Boy Jesus in the Temple with the Doctors is a 1578 ink by Léonard Gaultier, a Renaissance work, depicting Jesu Among the Doctor, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a busy indoor scene with people gathered around a tall, circular object that looks like a sundial or clock. In the center, a woman and a man stand near a seated child who appears to be teaching or explaining something to a group of older men. The background has columns and arches, and the figures are dressed in old-fashioned robes. The text at the bottom reads *"Comme Iehes Christ fut trouvé avec les Docteurs"*, which means "How Jesus was found with the Doctors." This is a religious story about Jesus as a child. Next, look up engraving to see how artists like Gaultier created detailed prints.
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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