The Raising of Lazarus

in or before 1508

Lucas van Leyden

Associated Names
Lucas van Leyden

Artist, Netherlandish, 1489/1494 - 1533

The image shows a group of full-body figures in various standing and kneeling postures. One central figure stands slightly off-center with long hair and a beard, wearing flowing robes and looking upward. A partially clothed man clings to him, while a woman in draped garments and a headdress stands nearby. Other figures surround them, some looking at the central figure. The subjects have defined features and elaborate hairstyles typical of the artwork's time period. They are not wearing any visible jewelry, but some hold objects like a cloth or a book. The background includes trees, stone structures, and mountainous or hilly terrains in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.106

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 42, State (a)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 67, repro.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 41, repro.

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 58.

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 53, repro.

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-

Wikidata ID

Q65080854

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