La boca de la verdad, Lucas van Leyden, 1512–1516
Lucas van Leyden, portraitLucas van LeydenDutch, 1494–1533

La boca de la verdad

1512–1516 · Print

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About the work

Museum text in Spanish

Bocca della Verità. Una mujer, acusada de aduterio, introduce su mano en la boca de un león para demostrar su inocencia

Lázaro Galdiano Museum

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In the life of Lucas van Leyden

The whole life
  1. c. 1512

    Birth of His Illegitimate Daughter Marytgen

    Around 1512 Lucas's illegitimate daughter Marytgen was born; she married the painter Dammas Claesz de Hoey, and their descendants formed the De Hoey family of artists.

  2. 1514

    Master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Leiden

    He became a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Leiden.

  3. 1515

    Marriage to Elisabeth van Boschuysen

    He married Elisabeth van Boschuysen of a patrician Leiden family; her father Jacob had been burgomaster and sheriff. The marriage remained childless.

  4. 1517

    Illustrations for Aurelius's Chronicles

    He cut woodcut illustrations for the Chronicles of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland by the humanist Cornelius Aurelius.

All works

From the collection of Lázaro Galdiano Museum

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