Queen Esther hears of the Decree against the Jews.
16th–mid 16th century ?
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink on greenish paper, highlighted with white
Dimensions
sheet: 9 1/4in. circular.
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.438
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...