1519
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Christ as a Gardener Appearing to St. Mary Magdalen is a 1519 by Lucas van Leyden, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This engraving shows two figures in a garden. One is an older man with a long beard, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a loose robe. He’s pointing toward the other figure—a woman kneeling by a pot, her head bowed. Behind them, trees and a distant town sit on a hill. The woman looks like she’s praying or listening closely. The artist used sharp lines to show folds in the clothes and details like the pot’s handle. Next, look up Renaissance to see how this style shaped art.
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.
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