Landscape with a Woman Fleeing at the Sight of a Soldier
Léon Davent
1550s
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16.1 x 23.8 cm (6 5/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1995.10.2
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Léon Davent · 1540–1556
**Léon Davent** (also known as Master L.D. or the monogrammist L.D.) was a French printmaker active in the mid-16th century, best known for his work in both engraving and etching. He played a leading role in the printmaking workshop associated with the First School of Fontainebleau at the Palace of Fontainebleau during the 1540s. His prints, often signed simply “L.D.,” reproduced designs by Italia...