The Good Samaritan
1578
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1578
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Good Samaritan is a 1578 ink by Léonard Gaultier, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This scene shows a man lying on the ground beside a road, hurt and half-covered by a horse. Two people stand nearby—one looking down, the other pointing toward him. A third person on horseback rides past, seemingly ignoring the injured man. In the background, a small village with a church and trees lines the horizon. The engraving uses fine lines to show texture, like the folds in the man’s clothes or the horse’s muscles. The artist paid close attention to how light might fall on these details. Next, look up engraving to see how artists like this made 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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