L.S.,
I should like to ask you a question about Lucas
van Leyden's "The
Chessplayers", do you know in what
museum this picture is located?
a. Schlossmuseum (Gotha)
b. Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
c. Szémüvészeti Museum
(Budapest)
d. Staatliche Museum
(Berlin)
I Need the answer for a quiz.
Thank you very much, greetings from
Holland
Egbert Clevrs
chess-poster.com
Dear Mr. Egbert Clevrs,
We found the following:
Lucas van Leyden was a pioneer of the Netherlandish genre
tradition, as witness his "Chess
Players" (Staatliche Museen,
Berlin) which actually represents a variant game called 'Courier'
- and his Card Players (Wilton House, Wiltshire), while his
celebrated Last Judgement triptych
(Lakenhal Museum, Leiden, 1526-7) shows the heights to which he
could rise as a religious painter. It eloquently displays his
vivid imaginative powers, his marvelous skill as a colourist and
his deft and fluid brushwork.
Source:
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/l/lucas/biograph.html
