Samson and Delilah

1519

Hans Burgkmair I

Associated Names
Hans Burgkmair I

Artist, German, 1473 - 1531

The image shows two figures in an outdoor setting. A woman leans over a reclining man, with her hands near his head. The woman has a detailed face, focused expressions, wavy hair with a decorative element. The man has a bushy beard and hair, potentially with closed eyes. He wears flowing garments and distinct footwear. The setting includes trees, foliage, grass, a small path, a round tray with a pitcher and goblet, and a brick wall or structure at the edge of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 12.3 x 10 cm (4 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2127

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge (Lugt 2091); purchased 1938 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; 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.

1969

  • Prints and drawings of the Danube School; an exhibition of South German and Austrian graphic art of 1500 to 1560, Yale University Art Gallery, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969-1970, no. 114, repro.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 94, repro.

2012

  • Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012-2014, no. 33, repro. detail, p.112.

Bibliography

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

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.94.

Wikidata ID

Q64957238

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