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Added to Lucas Van Leyden's Article (which can be linked from "Power of Women)

Religious Art

The Holy Family

Lucas engraved multiple depictions of famous Biblical scenes, including Adoration of the Magi, The Virgin and Child on the Crescent, and The Holy Family.

Power of Women Series

From 1513 to 1517, Lucas created a series of woodcuts called the “Power of Women,” which consisted of two sets of six large and small prints. The series was one of a number of representations of the Power of Women theme in Renaissance art and literature. Artworks in the genre depicted the traditional roles of men and women in inverse; the women were dominant over men, often through their sexuality. The subjects depicted this genre included both historical women who were considered virtuous heroines and women who were considered cunning, seductive, and manipulative of men.

Large Power of Women (1513—)

The Mouth of Truth: A woman kneels in front of the Emperor of Rome and puts her hand in the mouth of a statue of a lion while a crowd observes in the background.

The Fall of Man: In the foreground, Eve stands to the left of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, around which a serpent is wrapped, and hands an apple to Adam, who sits to the right of the tree. In the background to the right, an angel drives Adam and Eve out of Eden.

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah: Delilah sits a bed of rocks while Samson lies asleep in her lap. She holds his hair in one hand and cuts it with a knife.

Solomon’s Idolatry: King Solomon kneels in front of an idol of Moloch in the center foreground, with one of his mistresses and a crowd of men observing him from behind.

Herod and Herodias: Herod sits at a table while Salome approaches, holding a plate bearing the head of St. John the Baptist.

The Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket: Virgil is shown stuck in a basket hung on the side of a tower within a townsquare scene, with a jeering crowd below him.

Small Power of Women (1517—)

The Fall of Man: two-part piece of the Biblical scene of Adam and Eve getting evicted from Paradise after eating the forbidden fruit. In the foreground, Adam and Eve in paradise around a large tree in the center with the serpent wrapped around the trunk holding an apple. In the background, an angel drives Adam and Eve out of paradise.

Jael Killing Sisera

Jael Killing Sisera: In the foreground, Jael hammers a tent peg into Sisera's ear as he lies on the ground. In the middle ground on the right, Jael points out the foreground scene to a group of armed Israelites. In the left background, Sisera drinks from a goblet given to him by Jael.

Samson and Delilah: Delilah sits a bed of rocks while Samson lies asleep in her lap. She holds his hair in one hand and cuts it with a knife.

Solomon's Idolatry: Same as woodcut of larger size; King Solomon kneels in front of an idol of Moloch in the center foreground, with one of his mistresses and a crowd of men observing him from behind.

Jezebel Promising Naboth's Vineyards to King Ahab: Jezebel stands beside her husband King Ahab of Israel, who is lying on his bed, in his room.

Herod and Herodias: In the foreground, Salome holds a plate bearing the head of St. John the Baptist before Herod and Herodias, who sit at a table. Through the window in the back wall, St. John the Baptist is seen being beheaded.

===== Power of Women Woodcuts ===== 

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  The Fall of Man (Large Power of Women)
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  Solomon's Idolatry
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  Herod and Herodias (Large Power of Women)
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  The Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket
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  The Fall of Man (Small Power of Women)