A young man with a skull in his hands by Lukas-van Leiden

A young man with a skull in his hands by Lukas van Leiden

Albrecht Dürer’s younger contemporary, Luke Leydensky, in the eyes of art connoisseurs and historians, was his equal rival, even superior to the German engraver in his ability to convey the subtle nuances of light and shade and light and air in the landscape. Engravings of Luke of Leiden became rare in the 17th century.

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