Jezebel Promising Naboth's Vineyard to King Ahab

1516/1519

Lucas van Leyden

Associated Names
Lucas van Leyden

Artist, Netherlandish, 1489/1494 - 1533

The image depicts a woman standing next to a bed. The woman is in a side profile, facing right, leaning on the bed. She has a detailed woodcut-style face, with a veil or head covering and a long gown. An older man with a beard and cap is in the bed, looking out. The room includes a large canopy bed, a curtain, and small framed pictures on the wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9092

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 185, State i(b)/ii

  • Series Title

    The Small Power of Women Series

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 75.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 42.

1983

  • The Prints of Lucas van Leyden & His Contemporaries, NGA and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1983, no. 65, repro.

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

1983

  • Jacobowitz/Stepanek 1983, pp.180-81, 65.

1993

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

Wikidata ID

Q65023550

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