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Title:
Samson rending the lion Object 1
Collection Title: Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection
Alternate Titles:
Samson Killing the Lion
Accession Number: 1959.2138.000.000
Creator: Dürer, Albrecht
Place of birth: Germany
Creation Date: (c. 1497)
Object Category: prints
Medium:
woodcut
Description: woodcut, printed in black ink.
Technique:
relief
State: unknown state
Edition Notes: Width of image is 27cm, less than that noted in Bartsch & Strauss (38x28).
Dimensions:
Type Height Width Depth Diameter Unit (Lengths) Weight Unit (Weight)
image (sheet trimmed to image) 38.3 27 cm
Inscription: signed on block, bot. c. "AD [monogram]"
Other Inscriptions: inscribed on former mount bot. c., typed: "Albrecht Durer, 1471-1528 [1471-1528 underlined] (German) - Samson killing the Lion. a.1497. (Wood cut)."; inscr. bot. c., pen & ink: "TR [monogram]."
Catalogue Raisonne: Bartsch 2
Credit Line: Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959.
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