DETAILS
- Artist
- Lucas van Leyden
- Date
- 1502
- Medium
- Engraving
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in. (28.3 x 20.2 cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
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