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Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph

Lucas van Leyden (Leiden 1494 - Leiden 1533)


Lucas van Leyden - Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph

Lot-No. 550

Starting Bid: 1.200 €


1512. Engraving. 12 x 16 cm. Under glass without frame. Upper middle monogrammed and dated in the print L 1512, on the reverse collector's stamp OP (Lugt 4830). Trimmed. - Provenance: Collection of Otto Hermann Pauly (1872-1942); at last private collection Schleswig-Holstein - Dutch painter, draftsman, and printmaker. L. was trained by his father and by Cornelis Engelbrechtsen. He was considered a child prodigy who developed his own distinctive style at an early age. In terms of virtuosity in copperplate engraving, he is on par with Dürer. L. is also regarded as a leading master of Dutch Mannerism and a pioneer of genre painting. Mus.: Paris (Louvre), Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum), St. Petersburg (Eremitage) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.

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Lucas van Leyden: Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph


Lucas van Leyden (Leiden 1494 - Leiden 1533)

Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph

Lot-No. 550

Starting Bid: 1.200 €

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Date: 1512
Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: 12 x 16 cm
Frame: Under glass without frame
Mark/Notation: Upper middle monogrammed and dated in the print L 1512, on the reverse collector's stamp OP (Lugt 4830)
Condition: Trimmed
Provenance: Collection of Otto Hermann Pauly (1872-1942); at last private collection Schleswig-Holstein

Vita:

Dutch painter, draftsman, and printmaker. L. was trained by his father and by Cornelis Engelbrechtsen. He was considered a child prodigy who developed his own distinctive style at an early age. In terms of virtuosity in copperplate engraving, he is on par with Dürer. L. is also regarded as a leading master of Dutch Mannerism and a pioneer of genre painting. Mus.: Paris (Louvre), Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum), St. Petersburg (Eremitage) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.

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