Samson Rending the Lion

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Artist/Maker Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 – 1528)

Datec. 1496, printed later

MediumWoodcut on paper

DimensionsImage (block): 15 3/16 in. × 11 in. (38.6 × 27.9 cm) Sheet (trimmed): 15 11/16 × 11 7/16 in. (39.8 × 29.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971

Object number1991.47

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Samson Killing the Lion
Samson and the Lion

Exhibition History 2004
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Nuremberg 1493," February 28 - April 11, 2004 (no catalog).

1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights of the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 125).

Provenance 1991: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William G. Roehrick

Markings Small blind stamp at lower right corner [very faint and encircled]: ABEL; watermark at upper center [drawing/symbol]

Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art newsletter, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1993, "Acquisitions"

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTIOn (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5-September 6, 1992, cat. 125).

Signature Signed with artist's monogram "AD" in block at lower center.

Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right of center: 10 [struck through] B2