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Lucas van Leyden

Abraham and the Angels

1513
engraving

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Lucas van Leyden was an innovator in the medium of engraving, inventing new strategies for modeling shadow by cutting curved parallel lines and then adding shorter lines in between, as seen on the angel’s knee.

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