David, Solomon, Rehoboam, plate one, from The Twelve Kings of Israel
c. 1520
Medium
Woodcut in black with touches of pen and brown ink on buff laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.5 × 49.6 cm (12 7/16 × 19 9/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed within block: 33.9 × 49.9 cm (13 3/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
215522
About the Artist
Lucas van Leyden · 1484–1533
Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who stands among the greatest engravers of the Northern Renaissance. Born in Leiden as either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, he lived and worked primarily in his native city, achieving international renown that rivaled the German master Albrecht Dürer. Lucas van Leyden revolutionized Netherlandish printmaking and was among the first...