Samson and the Lion
c. 1475
Israhel van Meckenem
Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503
 
        Artwork overview
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            Mediumengraving on laid paper 
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            Credit Line
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            Dimensionssheet (trimmed to plate mark): 13.7 x 10.5 cm (5 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.) 
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            Accession Number1943.3.100 
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            Catalogue RaisonnéLehrs, Vol. 9, p.005, no. 5, State i/ii 
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Stonehill, London); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1938; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1965
- The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965. 
1967
- Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 173, repro. 
1971
- Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 45, repro. 
1995
- Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995. 
Bibliography
1908
- Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934. 
1949
- Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge 
1967
- Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 173. 
Wikidata ID
Q64958351 
   
   
    