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Lucas van Leyden · 1512
Lucas van Leyden: 1494–1533
Other names (103)
Called, Lucas Van Leyden Lucas Jacobs, de Leyde Lucas, De Leyden, Duca d'Olanda, jacobsz genannt lucas van leiden, L., L. de Leyde, L. Deleyde, L. de Leyden, Leiden, Leyden, L. Leyden, L. R. Leyden, Luca da Leida, Luca da Leyden, luca de olanda, Luca de Olanna, Luca d'Hollande, Luca di Holl.a, Luca di Lanna, Luca Di Leida, Luca di Leide, Luca di Leiden, Luca di Leyden, Luca di Olanda, Luca d'Olanda, Luca d'Olando, l'Uca l'Aide, Lucan, Luca Olanda, Lucas, Lucas de Hollande, Lucas de Leide, Lucas-Deleide, Lucas de Leiden, Lucas de Leyde, Lucas de Leyden, Lucas de Leydo, Lucas de Olanda, Lucas Hugensz., Lucas Hugenszoon, Lucas Hugensz. van Leyden, Lucas Huyghz. van Leyden, Lucas Iacobsz., Lucas Jacobs, Lucas Jacobsz., Lucas of Leyden, Lucass van Leyden, Lucas van Leden, Lucas van Leiden, Lucas van Leijd, Lucas van Leijden, Lucas van Leijen, Lucas van Leycaen, Lucas Vanleyden, Luca's Van Leyden, Lucas Van Leyden, Lucas-Van-Leyden Bergheem, Lucas Van Leydeni, Lucas Vanliden, Lucas van Lijden, Lucas Van Lundens, Lucas van Lyde, Lucas van Lyden, Lucas Velaiden, Lucas V. Leyden, Lucas von Leiden, Lucas von Leyden, Luca van Leyden, Lucca d'Olanda, Lucca d'Ollanda, Lucca Zavoria d'Olanda, Luc De Leyden, lucha de olanda, lucha olanda, Lucus v. Leiden, Luc. van Leiden, Luc van Leyden, Luc. v. Leiden, Luc. v. Leyden, Luc. von Leiden, Luka Leĭdenskĭi, Lukas van Leiden, Lukas van Leyden, Luycas van Leijden, Luyckas, Luyckes van Leyden, L. van Leiden, L. Van Leyden, L. van Lijden, L. van Lyden, L. v. Leiden, L.V. Leyden, L. V. Leydon, L. von Leiden, Manier van Lucas van Leyden, Van Laden, Van Leden, Van Leiden, Van Leyden, Van Leydon, van Leyen, V. Leyden
Biography
Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 1533), was a Dutch painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut. Lucas van Leyden was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and was a very accomplished engraver.
Lucas was the son of the painter Huygh Jacobsz. He was born, died, and was mainly active in Leiden.
Karel van Mander characterises Lucas as a tireless artist, who as a child annoyed his mother by working long hours after nightfall, which she forbade not only for the cost of candlelight, but also because she felt that too much study was bad for his sensibilities. According to Van Mander, as a boy he only consorted with other young artists, such as painters, glass-etchers and goldsmiths, and was paid by the Heer van Lochorst (Johan van Lockhorst of Leiden, who died in 1510) a golden florin for each of his years at age 12 for a watercolour of St. Hubert.
In 1515, Lucas married Elisabeth van Boschhuysen, from a patrician Leiden family. The marriage remained childless. Lucas did have a daughter Marijtje, born in Leiden out of wedlock around 1512. This daughter Marijtje would later marry the painter Dammas Claesz de Hoij.
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Influenced by
- Huygh Jacobsz.editorial inference
Evidence
Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Lucas van Leyden. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art167 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art117 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art59 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago31 recorded works
- musée Crozatier — Le Puy-en-Velay2 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)2 recorded works
- musée Condé — Chantilly1 recorded work
- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana1 recorded work
- Rijksmuseum1 recorded work
Sources 9
- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- SMK SARA creator nationality review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Rijksmuseum: independently verified selected paintings
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- SMK SARA creator nationality review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
