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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2549
People
Christoffel van Sichem II, Dutch (1577 - 1658)
Title
Sampson and the Lion
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Bibel Tresoor ofte der Zielen Lusthof, Amsterdam 1646
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1646
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/261758

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 10.2 x 8.1 cm (4 x 3 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: CVS
  • inscription: printed in black ink from the block, lower left foreground: CVS [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering above: 2549 [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)]
  • design: verso, partial illustration printed in black ink with text below: [a man with torches chases dogs into a burning grain field, with CVS monogram]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Reverend Max Kellner
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
M2549
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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