M10315: Samson Killing the Lion
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M10315
- People
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Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
- Title
- Samson Killing the Lion
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1497-98
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/255283
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
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block: 38.2 × 28.8 cm (15 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
sheet: 39.1 × 28.9 cm (15 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: lower center, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
- watermark: Meder watermark 53: imperial orb
- collector's mark: verso, black stamp: P within G [Peter Gellatly (Lugt 1185)]
- inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Gellatly Coll. / L[backward] X C [the three letters arranged vertically] / B 21 / HCX / A 78785
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 10,315 [Lugt 936]
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- Meder a/g
- Standard Reference Number
- Bartsch 2, Meder 107
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- M10315
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/07/2015 - 11/20/2015
Verification Level
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