King Ahasuerus in Council
16th–mid 16th century ?
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and black ink on greenish paper, highlighted with white
Dimensions
sheet: 8 3/8in. (Irregular shape: Circular with top and bottom cut off)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.440
Tags
About the Artist
Lucas van Leyden|Pseudo-Aert Ortkens · 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...