Lucas van Leyden

[ loo-kahs vahn lahyd-n ]

noun

1. Lucas Hugensz, 1494–1533, Dutch painter and engraver.

Lucas van Leyden

/ ˈluːkəs væn ˈlaɪdən /

noun

1. Lucas van Leyden?14941533MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: engraver ?1494–1533, Dutch painter and engraver

Example Sentences

His initial model for printmaking was the 16th-century engraver Lucas van Leyden, some of whose compositions, blending classical poise and real-world detail, he repeated, with tweaks.

From New York Times

Set in a gorgeous ebony frame, Lucas van Leyden's 1530 masterpiece relegates the biblical scene to the background.

From The Guardian

To gain this beautiful collection of works of art, Rembrandt spared no money, paying eighty-six dollars for a single engraving of Lucas van Leyden's, and fourteen hundred florins for fourteen proofs from the same painter.

From Project Gutenberg

This singular print has the mark L upon it, and is something in the manner of Lucas Van Leyden, but is not mentioned in Bartsch’s catalogue of his prints.

From Project Gutenberg

These portfolios he would carry home, and arranging the prints in chronological order, he studied the works of the great original engravers, D�rer, Lucas van Leyden and Rembrandt.

From Project Gutenberg