Antique Master Print-CHRIST-CROWNED-THORNS-Van Leyden-17th.c.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Made by an anonymous engraver after Lucas van Leyden.

Medium: Engraving on handlaid paper.

Sheet size: 10 x 15.6 cm (3.94 x 6.14 inch). Image size: 9.9 x 15.5 cm. (3.9 x 6.1 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Paper loss in margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHRIST-CROWNED-THORNS | PCO-C44-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533), also named either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, 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.