Stories of the Flemish & Dutch artists, from the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century (1908)
Reynolds, Victor, comp · London, Chatto & Windus; New York, Duffield & Co. · leaf 90
rist. Vasari has praised Lucas,to such an extent that he places him even beyondAlbrecht DUrer. At the age of thirty-three Lucas was takenwith a desire to visit the painters of Zeeland,Flanders and Brabant; and he accordingly setout with all the splendour of a great person,travelling in a boat of… … LUCAS VAN LEYDEN 55 painted there many pictures. Lucas invitedMabuse and several other artists to a banquetwhich cost sixty florins, a very large sum forthose days; and this he did wherever he went—at Ghent, Mechlin, and Antwerp—where oneach occasion he lavished sixty florins for thepainters of the…
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