Man van Smarten
Frans Crabbe van Espleghem
1490 - 1552
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
92; 130
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
About the Artist
Frans Crabbe van Espleghem · 1480–1553
Frans Crabbe van Espleghem was one of the leading artists in Mechelen, the capital of the southern Netherlands. He began his career painting altarpieces but after Albrecht Dürer's visit to the Netherlands in 1521, Crabbe began to produce prints. He combined Italianate figure types with a concern for atmosphere and depth in landscape and an emphasis on ordinary daily life and humble people. In 1539...