
Man and Woman Walking in a Landscape
This engraving by Lucas van Leyden depicts a gentleman and lady strolling through an expansive landscape rendered with the artist's characteristic fine linear detail and atmospheric perspective. The composition balances the intimate human figures in the foreground with an elaborate vista of rolling terrain, distant buildings, and carefully observed natural elements that recede into the background. Van Leyden's masterful use of the engraving medium creates subtle tonal gradations through careful hatching, demonstrating the technical virtuosity that made him one of the Northern Renaissance's most accomplished printmakers.
- Medium
- engraving on laid paper with a fragmentary Cross of Lorainne watermark (cf. New Hollstein Ia-b)
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Old Master Prints
November 29, 2024
Estimate: $500 – $700
Lot 626
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