The Fall of Man

1529

Lucas van Leyden

Associated Names
Lucas van Leyden

Artist, Netherlandish, 1489/1494 - 1533

This is a drawing of two nude figures in a natural setting. The scene depicts the figures situated in a landscape filled with trees and rocky formations. A large tree stands prominently on the right side of the composition, around which one figure is positioned, reaching out with one hand. The other figure is seated on a rock formation, holding an object in their hand. The drawing employs intricate line work and hatching to create shading and texture. The year 1529 is inscribed above the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5667

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 3, State i(a)/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

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-

  • Caroselli, Susan L. The Painted Enamels of Limoges: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, 1993: reproduced fig. 23.

Wikidata ID

Q65023425

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