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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R5698
People
Anton Wierix II, Flemish (c. 1555/1559 - 1604)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Samson Slaying a Thousand Men with the Jawbone of an Ass
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life of Samson
Title: Samson Slaying the Philistines with the Jawbone of an Ass
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1585
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/250348

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 19.9 x 26.3 cm (7 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: hand of John Witt Randall: [several words erased]
  • inscription: Inscription engraved in bottom margin, left, centered and right: Nouit Vbi Samson... / Fugit et osse neci... / 4
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink:
















    JOHN WITT RANDALL
    COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 5698 [number on a dotted line] [Lugt 2130]



Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 38, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 27; Alvin93

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R5698
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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