Samson and Delilah

1545

Hans Brosamer

Artist, German, c. 1500 - 1552 or 1554

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 8.1 x 9.8 cm (3 3/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.2112

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 2, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Morrison [1821-1897], London and Fonthill (Lugt 151); Richard Gutekunst [1870-1961],
Bern (Lugt 2213a); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 95, repro.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1959

  • Holl. 2.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.95.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Hans and Martin Brosamer, Martin Knauer, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2015; Part I, no. 2, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

on the pedestal at lower left, in plate: 15 45 / HB / JOHANNES BROSAMER / FVLDAE DEGENS / FACIEBAT.

Wikidata ID

Q64957227

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