Delilah Cutting Samson's Hair, 1589

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series Title

The Power of Women over Men: pl.1 [Holl. 180-183]

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.5 x 28.7 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 180

Accession Number

1986.18.1

Artists / Makers

Raphael Sadeler I (artist) Flemish, 1560/1561 - 1628 or 1632

Joos van Winghe (artist after) Netherlandish, 1544 - 1603

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Jodocus a Winghe Inuentor. Raphael Sadeler fecit et excudit. 1589; lower right in plate: 1; across bottom in plate eight-line Latin verse

Provenance

Unidentified collector (Lugt 2810)

Associated Names

Goldschmidt, Inc., Lucien

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

1959: Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., Catalogue No.61, [1986],no.84.