Albrecht DürerGerman, 1471–1528Samson and the Lion
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Not on view at present
Where is “Samson and the Lion” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
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- Source
- The museum
About the work
This impression is taken from a stereotype of the block (in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art). It is printed on paper handmade for the edition by Douglas Morse Howell. The edition was commissioned by William Ivins, as part of his study of the authorship of the actual blocks from which Dürer woodcuts were printed. He concluded that some of the blocks for early woodcuts in the Apocalypse and Large Passion series, as well as this print, were cut by Dürer.
Harvard Art Museums
Details
- Accession number
- 38.1994
In the catalog
Sources
- Harvard Art Museums
- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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