Parable of Weeds in the Wheat
1578
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1578
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Parable of Weeds in the Wheat is a 1578 ink by Léonard Gaultier, a Renaissance work, depicting Hunting, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a field split in half—good wheat on one side, ugly weeds on the other. A man in a hat points at the mess. The weeds look almost as tall as the wheat stalks. The image comes from a Bible story about letting good and bad grow together until harvest. The thin, scratchy lines make shadows and light feel real. The scratchy lines are called cross-hatching. It’s a technique that uses layered lines to shade. Try comparing it to Gaultier, Léonard.
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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