The Musicians

1524

Lucas van Leyden

Associated Names
Lucas van Leyden

Artist, Netherlandish, 1489/1494 - 1533

The image shows two figures sitting closely together. The person on the left is playing a stringed instrument similar to a lute, while the person on the right is playing a bowed string instrument. Both individuals have distinct facial features and are dressed in garments with hoods. The background includes sparse trees, a wooden fence, rocky ground, and scattered objects. The date "1524" is visible in the upper right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.4 x 7.4 cm (4 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5683

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 155, State (a)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1955

  • installation to accompany two concerts titled "Love Songs of the Renaissance," Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1955, no cat.

1996

  • Scenes of Daily Life: Genre Prints from the Housebook Master to Rembrandt van Rijn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996.

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

Q65023482

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