The Crowning with Thorns

Lucas van Leyden

ca. 1520–30

The Crowning with Thorns by Lucas van Leyden

Medium

Pen and brown ink, on paper washed pink

Dimensions

Diameter: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund and Florence B. Selden Bequest, 2001

Accession Number

2001.167

Tags

MenChrist

About the Artist

Lucas van Leyden · 14841533

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...

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