![[OLD MASTER PRINT] – LEYDEN, L. (Lucas) VAN (1494-1533). (Portrait of a young man with a skull).](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/56/OLD-MASTER-PRINT-LEYDEN-L-Lucas-VAN-1494-1533-Portrait-of-a-young-man-with-a-skull_6410942515223-full-10311800_1678808103.jpg "[OLD MASTER PRINT] – LEYDEN, L. (Lucas) VAN (1494-1533). (Portrait of a young man with a skull).")
[OLD MASTER PRINT] – LEYDEN, L. (Lucas) VAN (1494-1533). (Portrait of a young man with a skull).
Description
Engraving (publ. ca. 1519 or later). Monogrammed “L” in the plate (in lower left corner). Ca. 18,5 x 14,5 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass) in an ornate wooden frame.
Footnote
¶ Hollstein (The Graphic Art of Lucas van Leyden) p. 139. Von Wurzbach II, p. 39 (no. 174: “[..] Nach v. Mander ein Selbstportrait des Künstlers”). Possibly the first state (of 2) of a rare early 16th-cent. engraving by the Dutch print-maker Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) once interpreted as his self-portrait & sometimes entitled “Memento Mori” (Remember that you have to die). – A few imperfections (several small rubbed spots in the image (in lower part), occ. sl. creased, occ. sl. foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in an acceptable condition.
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Description
Engraving (publ. ca. 1519 or later). Monogrammed “L” in the plate (in lower left corner). Ca. 18,5 x 14,5 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass) in an ornate wooden frame.
Footnote
¶ Hollstein (The Graphic Art of Lucas van Leyden) p. 139. Von Wurzbach II, p. 39 (no. 174: “[..] Nach v. Mander ein Selbstportrait des Künstlers”). Possibly the first state (of 2) of a rare early 16th-cent. engraving by the Dutch print-maker Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) once interpreted as his self-portrait & sometimes entitled “Memento Mori” (Remember that you have to die). – A few imperfections (several small rubbed spots in the image (in lower part), occ. sl. creased, occ. sl. foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in an acceptable condition.
