LEYDEN, Lucas van
(b. 1494, Leiden, d. 1533, Leiden)

Emperor Maximilian

1520
Etching and engraving, 256 x 194 mm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lucas van Leyden and Jan Gossart were at work at a stimulating moment in the printmaking in Europe, where printmakers were experimenting with the technique of etching. The small group of etched plates that they created in 1520 were the first dated etchings produced in the Netherlands.




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