De besnijdenis van Christus
Lucas van Leyden
1518 - 1522
Medium
paper
Dimensions
78; 111
About this artwork
Het Christuskind, zittend op een altaar, wordt door een priester besneden.
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...