About the Artwork
Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull
1519
Lucas van Leyden
1494-1533
Netherlandish
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 3/4 inches (18.4 × 14.6 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
28.130
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower left: L
Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations] Inscribed, in brown ink, lower left corner verso: Rar (circled)
Watermark, lower left center of sheet Stamped, in purple, verso: H. S. Theobald (Lugt 1375)
Provenance
H. S. Theobald. 1928-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Lucas van Leyden, Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull, 1519, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 28.130.
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