!!!Gerhaert van Leyden, Niclas

b. Leiden (Netherlands), around 1430, 
d. Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria), June 28, 1473, famous 
sculptor during the late Gothic period. Most important works in 
Strasbourg and various German towns, in later years based in Passau 
and Wiener Neustadt; created the tomb of Friedrich III in St. 
Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna and the monument of Empress Eleanore in 
the Neukloster ("new monastery") in Wiener Neustadt. G. died before 
the completion of Friedrich III's monument and was buried in Wiener 
Neustadt. Developed psychologically striking, realistic figures by use 
of light and shadow in his modelling techniques and by using 
multicoloured marble, which greatly influenced Austrian art of the 
late 15th century.

!Literature
L. Fischel, N. G. und die Bildhauer der dt. Spaetgotik, 
1944; R. Recht, Nicolas de Leyde et la sculpture à Strasbourg, 
1987.



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