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Lucas van Leyden
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artist, painter (1494-1533)
OverviewAI-generated
Lucas van Leyden was a male painter, printmaker, and graphic artist born in Leiden in 1494. He worked in the Renaissance genre and specialized in painting and the engraving process. His notable works include Last Judgement and A Game of Chess. He was sponsored by Albrecht Dürer and spoke Dutch.
Van Leyden died in Leiden on May 1, 1533. His birth name was Lucas Huighensz Jacobsz. His works are held in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Museo del Prado, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He is described by sources including the Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Schilder-boeck, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, and Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Europeana Sparql, VIAF, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1494–1533
- Nationality
- NL
- Role / Field
- Artists, Painters israel museum thesaurus, Painter, Gleznotajs, Engraver, Gleznieciba niderlandiesu
- Language
- nld, dut
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 27 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- Born
- May 1494
- Died
- 1533, May 1533 (aged 38–39)
- Occupation
- Painter , visual artist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lucas
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Leiden
- Place of death
- Leiden
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Notable work
- A Game of Chess
- Field of work
- engraving process
- Genre
- Renaissance
- Image
- GG 160.jpg
- Work location
- Leiden
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- Commons category
- Lucas van Leyden
- date of birth
- 1494-05-01
- date of death
- 1533-05-01
- Commons Creator page
- Lucas van Leyden
- Commons gallery
- Lucas van Leyden
- name in native language
- Lucas van Leyden
- sponsor
- Albrecht Dürer
- has works in the collection
- Castelvecchio Museum
- birth name
- Lucas Huighensz Jacobsz
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Lucas van Leyden, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![[The Dance of Mary Magdalene; The Dance of St Mary Magdalen]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fleyden-l-v-v2-3377%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Dance of Mary Magdalene; The Dance of St Mary Magdalen]
![[The Resurrection]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fleyden-l-v-ab3-0044%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Resurrection]
![[The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist; The Beheading of St John the Baptist; Mark. 6, 21-28]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fleyden-l-v-ab3-0091%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist; The Beheading of St John the Baptist; Mark. 6, 21-28]
![[Saint Peter and Paul with the Cloth of Veronica; Sts Paul and Peter with the Vernicle]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fleyden-l-v-ab3-0085%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Saint Peter and Paul with the Cloth of Veronica; Sts Paul and Peter with the Vernicle]
![[Mars and Venus; Mars, Venus and Cupid]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fleyden-l-v-v3-3379%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Mars and Venus; Mars, Venus and Cupid]
![[The Evangelist Matthew]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fleyden-l-v-ab3-0081%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Evangelist Matthew]
![[temperance; temperance]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fleyden-l-v-ab3-0110%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[temperance; temperance]
![[Abraham Conflicting Hagar; Abraham Dismissing Hagar; Gen. 21, 9-21]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fleyden-l-v-ab3-0013%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Abraham Conflicting Hagar; Abraham Dismissing Hagar; Gen. 21, 9-21]
Obrátenie sv. Pavla
Vergil in the basket shifted from the crowd
Cain beating Abel
Mary with the Child and Angels
The interest rate cowl
Young couple
General view of the World Court when open
St. Jerome in the Foot
The Surgeon
The chess section
King Arthur, Charlemagne and Gottfried von Bouillon
Jerome in the case
Fortitudo?
Our Lady in Glory
Self-portrait
Young Man
Daniel as Judge
Triton and siren
Breast image of a woman with a hood, turned half left
The Nine Heroes
Standing naked man, from the front, supporting both arms sideways on a pole, with raised left leg (model figure)
Ornament with two dolphins
Group formation
[Cristo y los Apóstoles] [Material gráfico]
[Escudo de armas de la ciudad de Leyden, rodeado de cuatro amorcillos en círculos] [Material gráfico]
[BREVIS ET SUCCINTA SYNOPSIS RERUM MAXIME MEMORABILIUM BELLO ET PACE GESTARUM AB SERENISSIMIS Lotharingiae, Brabantiae, & Limburgi DUCIBUS...] [Material gráfico] : [estampas sueltas]
Academie des sciences et arts. TOME SECONDE [Material gráfico] : [portadas e ilustraciones]
[David con la cabeza de Goliat] [Material gráfico]
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Encyclopedic overview
Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 1533), was a Dutch painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut. Lucas van Leyden was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and was a very accomplished engraver.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lucas van Leyden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.