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Lucas van LEYDEN (Lucas HUGENSZOON). 1494-1533 Ecce homo. 1510 Etching and burin; mm. 288x456. Little margins. Insription on bottom right: ?Martini Petri excude insigni aurei fontis prope novam borsam? and L monogram on the rock. Sheet with a watermarks: a letter B within a crowned coats of arms. Very nice sheet in excellent condition.
Beautiful engraving by Lucas Van Leyden, precocious engraver and creator of prints, etchings and woodcuts. Technically it is one of his biggest graphic successes. Van Leyden sets the scene in the middle of a large architectural complex of palaces and towers that flank an elevated square that serves as a stage. A turbulent crowd rallies while Pontius Pilate invites them to determine the destiny of Christ. As Pontius Pilate proclaims, "Ecce homo" (Behold the man), the people gathered in the windows and the parapets of the surrounding buildings look impassive. Details of courtly and military costume, Dutch Renaissance architecture and mountainous landscape invite our eyes to wander through this microcosm. Stepanek 1983; Bartsch 71, New Hollstein 71.