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Lucas van Leyden

The Virgin and Child with Two Angels, 1523

Description

Maker

Title

The Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Year

1523

Medium

Engraving on medium weight cream laid paper, trimmed along and within platemark

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 15.1 x 10.3 cm (5 15/16 x 4 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso:in pencil numbered, LC:P7017In Plate--Initialed and dated in shingle, LL:L 1523

Identification

State

1st of 3

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

32.187

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Lucas’s Virgin and Two Angels eschews engraving’s harder, more graphic qualities. Here, he softened the contrasts between foreground, background, textures, and objects. By emphasizing the effect of light on surfaces, such as the shadow cast on the tree by a branch, and by applying an overall shallow line to every area of the plate, his image is unified and atmospheric.

Use

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