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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10315
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Samson Killing the Lion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
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
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
  • 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

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