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The Holy Family
Lucas van Leyden (mentioned on object), 1506 - 1510
According to Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck (1604), Lucas was a wunderkind and only in his teens when he made this print. The somewhat stiff figures still fit stylistically in the late 15th-century tradition. And yet the endearing family scene shows that already at a young age Lucas could devise a new and original composition for a traditional visual theme.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-1664
- Dimensionsheight 199 mm x width 146 mm
- Physical characteristicsgravure