Artist: Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 1533)
Title: Death and the Lady
Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original by master engraver Amand Durand (1831-1905).
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower left.
Dimensions: Image Size 2 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 12 x 13 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Death, holding an hourglass, and draped in a cloak, appearing to a young woman in Renaissance dress beneath a barren tree; a building rises up behind her, and a city on a hill behind Death; the signature is the letter “L” on a small sign hanging from low branches to the right of Death’s right foot.