Lucas van LeydenDutch, 1494–1533Spinnende vrouw
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Spinnende vrouw” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Vrouw aan het werk met een spintol, een hond op haar schoot, een kat op de vloer. Hoeken van prent zijn afgesneden, de prent is geplakt op een blad en de ontbrekende delen zijn getekend met penseel.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-4517
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Lucas van Leyden
The whole life1514
Master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Leiden
He became a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Leiden.
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.
8 – 21 June 1521
Meeting Dürer in Antwerp
During Dürer's Netherlandish journey the two artists met in Antwerp between 8 and 21 June 1521; they exchanged prints, and on this occasion Dürer drew a portrait of Lucas van Leyden.
1527
Meeting Jan Gossaert in Middelburg
He visited Middelburg, where he met Jan Gossaert; together they traveled through Flanders and Brabant, visiting Mechelen and Ghent.
1531–1533
Tuberculosis and the End of His Painting
In the last two years of his life he painted no pictures; he died in the summer of 1533 after a prolonged illness with tuberculosis.
May 1533
Died
