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Solomon's Idolatry

1516–1519

Lucas van Leyden

(Dutch, 1494–1533)
Netherlands, 16th century
woodcut
L. E. Holden Fund 1960.156
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 9
Location: Not on view

Description

One can assume that the popularity of the earlier Power of Women series (on view nearby) inspired Lucas to produce another similar group. Also consisting of six subjects but somewhat smaller in size, this set reveals Lucas's increased ability to integrate figures more naturally into a setting. This scene, in which one of his wives persuades Solomon to worship idols, also demonstrates a desire to follow Albrecht Dürer's systematic style of hatching to produce tonal effects (see Dürer's The Large Passion: The Last Supper).
  • Prince of Liechtenstein
    Prince of Liechtenstein
  • Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
  • {{cite web|title=Solomon's Idolatry|url=false|author=Lucas van Leyden|year=1516–1519|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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