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Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket, detail (copy)

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Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket, detail (copy)

Lucas van Leyden

n.d.

Medium

Medium unknown

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Dimensions

sheet: 4 1/8 x 3 in. (10.5 x 7.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Ruth Peterson on behalf of the Estate of Jacob Frey, 1972

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Lucas van Leyden

1484–1533 • Northern Low Countries

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.

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