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28 juin 2017

Exhibition at Pinakothek der Moderne presents more than 80 of Lucas van Leyden's prints

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Lucas van Leyden, Woman with the Dog, 1510, Engraving, 105 x 72 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

MUNICH.- Lucas van Leyden was the most important Dutch engraver of the Northern Renaissance. Born in Leiden (also known as Leyden), he specialized in this art form at a very early age and elevated it to the highest level. In 1604, the art theorist Karel van Mander (1548–1606) reported that Lucas, as a child prodigy, had completed his first dated engraving at the age of fourteen. His delicately engraved prints, already highly prized by artists and collectors during his lifetime, had a significant influence on the development of European printmaking. 

This exhibition presents an accentuated choice of more than 80 of his prints of the rich collection of the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München. It offers a comprehensive insight into the artistic development of Lucas van Leyden, from his beginnings around 1506 until 1530, his last active year. 

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Lucas van Leyden, Samson and Delilah, c. 1507, Engraving, 283 x 202 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Lucas is famous for his subtle shades of grey, which he used to create the impression of spatial depth and atmospheric mood. Not least, it was Lucas’ narrative talent that captivated the public. He often transferred the main event of his theatrical compositions to the background and emphasized the moment shortly before or after in the foreground as the focus of his narrative. He furthermore added an abundance of details. Giorgio Vasari and Karel van Mander, in some of the earliest art-historical writings, praised the rich variations in the faces he portrayed as well as his variety of garments and headwear. 

A close study of Lucas’ engravings opens up a world of its own, one that holds many surprises – also of an amusing manner. Even today, Lucas’ idiosyncratic subjects and imaginative narratives continue to enchant the viewer. His famous print of the Milkmaid from 1510, for example, initially pretends to be a realistic portrayal of rural life. Only upon closer inspection the viewer realizes the erotic allusions to the beginning of a liaison between the backwoods farmhand and the open-hearted maidservant. With his ironic view on the power of feminine attraction and his warning of the ruses and wiles of women, Lucas struck a chord with the taste of his clientele of the affluent citizenry.  

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Lucas van Leyden, Mohammed and the Monk Sergius, 1508, Engraving, 294 x 223 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

The exhibition as well as the catalogue offer a pleasurable opportunity to rediscover an important and extensive collection of the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, to sensitize the eye for Lucas van Leydens’ delicate engravings, to get involved into his elaborated imagery, and to be captivated by his fanciful, sometimes even enigmatic stories.

Curator: Dr. Susanne Wagini

Pinakothek der Moderne - Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München - 29.06.2017  ‐  24.09.2017

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Lucas van Leyden, St George Liberating the Princess, c. 1508, Engraving, 160 x 116 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

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Lucas van Leyden, The Large Ecce Homo, 1510, Engraving, 287 x 455 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München 

LucasvanLeyden_DieMilchmagd_1510

Lucas van Leyden, The Milkmaid, 1510, Engraving, 120 x 162 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München 

LucasvanLeyden_JosephentfliehtPotipharsFrau_1512

Lucas van Leyden, Joseph Escaping Potiphar’s Wife, 1512, Engraving, 124 x 162 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München 

LucasvanLeyden_DerheiligeHieronymusinseinerStudierstube_1521

Lucas van Leyden, St Jerome in His Study, 1521, Engraving, 100 x 147 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München 

LucasvanLeyden_DerZahnarzt_1523

Lucas van Leyden, The Dentist, 1523, Engraving, 115 x 74 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München 

LucasvanLeyden_MusizierendesPaar_1524

Lucas van Leyden, The Musicians, 1524, Engraving, 118 x 76 mm (sheet), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München © Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

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