Christ Healing the Blind
by LEYDEN, Lucas van, Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 115,5 x 150,5 cm
The painting was probably executed for the hospital of Leiden. Originally it was a triptych, however, at the beginning of the 17th century the central panel and the side wings were joined.
The combination of rigid, engraving-like drawing and efforts to convey the figures’ complex natural movements points to the influence of German art, above all D�rer.