Title Page
1603
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1603
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Title Page is a 1603 ink by Léonard Gaultier, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a fancy title page with swirling vines and a coat of arms. The paper has a subtle ribbed texture called laid paper. Tiny cross-hatched lines make the shadows look deep. Gaultier worked in Paris as an engraver for King Henry IV. He copied prints from other artists to help spread their designs. This sheet feels more decorative than a book cover today. Check out how Gaultier, Léonard uses cross-hatching in other 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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