LUCAS (Van Leyden), an excellent painter and engraver, was thus named from the place of his birth, he being born in Leyden in 1494. He was at first a disciple of his father, a painter of some eminence, and afterwards of Cornelius Engelbert; and was greatly admired in the Netherlands for his skill in painting and engraving. He took much pains with his works, and was a great emulator of Albert Durer; with whom he at length became so intimate, that they drew each other's picture: and indeed their style and manner have in all respects so close a resemblance, that it seems as if they had been both animated with the same soul. He lived and dressed with great magnificence; and died in the year 1533.