SAMSON RENDING THE LION
Circa 1496
Story:
With monogram
385×280 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
1580s
Watermark:
coat of arms of Augsburg
Provenance:
State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2882
Comments:
a black impression from an already worn plate (especially Samson's face), made in Augsburg. In the monogram, the strokes are partly missing. Such impressions on paper with the same watermarks are dated 1580s by Meder (М. 107, с)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
Inv. Г-2198 on paper without watermarks, dated c. 1600 (М.107, g)
Plate:
New York. The Metropolitan Museum
