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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
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Samson Killing the Lion
Samson and 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).
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).
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
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 3, 1868
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Date: 2017
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Object number: 2018.2.1-5
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Date: First edition published 1507; second edition published 1519
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Object number: 1928.17
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Date: c. 1493
Medium: Double-sided woodcut on paper
Object number: 1928.27a-b
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Date: 2022
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