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Lucas Van Leyden
early life and training Lucas van Leyden (real name Lucas Hugensz or Jacobsz.), Netherlandish engraver and painter, born and mainly active in Leiden, who was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and is generally regarded as one of the finest engravers in the history of art. He was the pupil of his father, Huygh Jacobszoon; later, he entered the workshop of Cornelis Engelbrechtsz(oon), a painter of Leiden. His paintings, as
well as his prints, reveal his unique approach to subject matter and style, though Lucas is more highly regarded today as a printmaker than as a painter. He was extraordinarily precocious. Even such early prints as *Muhammed and the Murdered Monk* (1508) are compositionally clear and direct and show great technical skill. Such engravings as *Susanna and the Elders* (1508), *St. George Liberating the Princess* (*c.* 1508–09), and his fa…
