Samson Rending the Lion

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Samson Rending the Lion
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (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
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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
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