Description
(The End Crowns the Work) Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket, detail (copy).
Made by an anonymous engraver after Lucas van Leyden.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 14 x 16.5 cm (5.51 x 6.5 inch).
Condition: good, given age. With remains of paper on rear from previous attachment. Paper loss in bottom left corner, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
POET-VIRGIL-SUSPENDED-BASKET-FINIS-CORONAT-OPUS | PCO-E18-30
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography artist: Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 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.
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