The First Prohibition

1529

Lucas van Leyden

Associated Names
Lucas van Leyden

Artist, Netherlandish, 1489/1494 - 1533

This is a drawing of three figures standing in a landscape. The foreground features two unclothed figures on the right, and a robed figure on the left. The robed figure is gesturing towards the tree, while the two figures to the right are holding onto one another, with one of them holding a leafy branch. The background is a landscape that includes trees and distant mountains. The drawing is executed in intricate detail with precise shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16.5 x 11.8 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5668

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 2, 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.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 64, 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.64.

1993

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

  • Susan L. Caroselli. The Painted Enamels of Limoges: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles. 1993 (reproduced fig. 22).

Wikidata ID

Q65023427

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