The Epileptic Child Healed
1578
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1578
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Epileptic Child Healed is a 1578 ink by Léonard Gaultier, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a crowd of people gathered around a man kneeling on the ground. He’s clutching his head, looking upward, while a robed figure stands over him, hands raised. In the background, a town with towers and a church sits under a tree with dense branches. The title says this scene is about healing someone with epilepsy. The artist used fine lines and shading to show the crowd’s emotions and the man’s struggle. Next, look up engraving to see how artists like this created detailed prints with just metal and ink.
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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