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Lucas van Leyden

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Lucas van Leyden [ˈluːkəs væn ˈlaɪdən]
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(Biographies / Lucas van Leyden (?1494-1533) M, Dutch, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARTS AND CRAFTS: engraver) ?1494-1533, Dutch painter and engraver
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There is no real pyramid, for example, in the background of Pontormo's Joseph in Egypt, but a Dutch gatehouse with a pyramid-shaped roof borrowed from a print by Lucas van Leyden.
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55) The most thoroughly recognizable single-image composition of Samson's story, from Lucas van Leyden to Rubens, is that of Delilah and the cutting of the hair: sometimes by her, sometimes a third figure, with Philistine soldiers lurking in the background.
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Soon, brilliant engravers like Albrecht Durer, Marcantonio Raimondi and Lucas van Leyden were astonishing Europe with their elaborate, exacting woodcuts and prints.
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