The Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket

c. 1512

Lucas van Leyden

Associated Names
Lucas van Leyden

Artist, Netherlandish, 1489/1494 - 1533

This print depicts a group of people gathered outside a building, looking upward. At the top of the print, a man appears to sit in a basket that hangs from the side of the building. This man wears a round cap or turban and robes with wide sleeves and a puffed neckline. The people in the crowd below look up towards the basket, some pointing towards it. The crowd includes men and women in long robes, tunics, or dresses. Many of them wear different kinds of caps, and some have swords attached to their sides. On the left, there is also a child in the crowd, looking towards a woman next to him. In the center, a small dog is sniffing the rocky ground. The surroundings include more buildings on the right, including a church steeple, visible against a sky with birds in flight.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41.2 x 28.6 cm (16 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.170

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 180, State (b)


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 96, 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

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.96.

1993

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

Wikidata ID

Q64960091

You may be interested in

Loading Results