Leyden, Lucas van

Leyden, Lucas van
VAN LEYDEN, Lucas 5 engravings with biblical and allegorical themes. Leiden 1510-1530 Various sizes and conditions. 1. Joseph interpreting the Pharaoh's dreams in prison. Engraving, Leiden 1512, 12,9 x 16,7 cm, laid paper with watermark (Briquet 6054), signed in plate at bottom centre (trimmed to platemark, glue marks on verso, warm toned paper).-- 2. Iusticia. From the Virtues series (7 pl.). Engraving, Leiden 1530, 16,2 x 10,8 cm, laid paper backed on mod. paper, signed in plate at bottom left corner (toned, several losses of paper, trimmed within borderlines, spotted, sm. tears in lower edge). Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout.-- 3. The Expulsion from Paradise. Engraving, Leiden 1510, 16,3 x 12,2 cm, laid paper backed on mod. paper, signed and dated in pl. at lower right corner (trimmed to borderlines, heavily toned, stale impression). Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout. Possibly later impression.-- 4. Christ in Gethsemane. From the "Small Passion" series (14 pl.). Late impression of the first state. Engraving, Leiden 1521, laid paper, signed in pl. (frayed at borders, sm. def. at paper, very thin paper at left edge). Loose sheet.-- 5. A nobleman and a lady seated in a landscape. Late impression of first (and only) state. Engraving, Leiden 1510, 11,4 x 7,4 cm, laid paper, signed in pl. at lower right corner (warm yellow tone, trimmed within borderlines). Stuck under passe-partout. Uniform impression. Ref. New Hollstein (Van Leyden), 11c, 22a, 44.1b, 131a, 148.1c.