Samson Slaying the Philistine, 18th/early 19th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 48.1 x 20 x 22.9 cm (18 15/16 x 7 7/8 x 9 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.102

Artists / Makers

Italian 18th/19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Frichwirth collection, Vienna. (Lowengard, Paris); purchased 23 August 1905 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Frichwirth
Lowengard
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Bibliography

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 7, as Cain Slaying Abel by Baccio Bandinelli.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 156, repro., as Cain Slaying Abel by Baccio Bandinelli.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 145, as by Baccio Bandinelli.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 129, repro., as by Baccio Bandinelli.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 98, repro.