Cornelis Engebrechtsz. was the first important painter from the city of Leiden. His large, prolific workshop trained many leading painters, including his son Pieter Cornelisz. Kunst and Lucas van Leyden, whose workshop surpassed Engebrechtsz.'s around 1520. Engebrechtsz.'s acclaim may have attracted students from outside Leiden. When they brought to Leiden the Mannerist style then popular in Antwe
