# Mohammed and the Monk Sergius [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEYDEN, Lucas van]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Engraving, 289 x 216 mm ## Commentary Lucas van Leyden's prints are soft and silvery, with subtle shading creating a remarkably painterly quality that differs from the hard lines and schematic techniques of other engravings, including Dürer's. It is not only technique and style that distinguish the prints of Lucas from others, however. His range of thematic materials was vastly different from that of Dürer or the Italians, his choice of narrative moment is original, and often puzzling. His first dated print, the Mohammed and the Monk Sergius, has an unusual subject which has yet to be explained adequately. ## Related artworks - [Abraham and Isaac on Their Way to the Place of Sacrifice]() - [Adam and Eve \(Expulsion from the Paradise\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Cain Killing Abel]() - [Cain Killing Abel]() - [Card Players]() - [Card Players]() - [Card Players]() - [Christ Healing the Blind \(detail\)]() - [Christ Healing the Blind]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Dance of Mary Magdalen]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()