Leiden Lucas

In the later picture on the same plot, the scene acquires, it is believed, an allegorical meaning with political overtones, symbolizing the vicissitudes of history as the fiefdoms of the

A keen interest in lively dynamics, human character is also manifested in the portraits of Luke of Leiden. In contrast to the characteristic of portrait painters of his time showing

From an early age, the artist worked extremely fruitfully as an engraver, mainly in the technique of copper engraving, creating such outstanding works as Muhammad and the monk, Korovnitsa, Xie

In the pictures of the Game of Chess and the Game of Cards, the artist shows the domestic scene not in its ordinariness, but as something much more significant and

Healing of Jericho Blind Oil on canvas, transferred from the tree. The side flaps are 89 x 32.5 cm. On the side doors of the triptych there are the coats

Of the small number of preserved paintings of Luke of Leiden, one of the most famous is the Triptych The Last Judgment, executed in 1526.

Luke Leydenskogo painting “Healing Jericho Blind Man”, written by him shortly before his death, – a kind of result of his creative work. It is a little like the religious

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