Samson Fighting with the Lion

c. 1497/1498 · Print

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Not on view at present

Where is “Samson Fighting with the Lion” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 12 days ago
In this state since: Sep 29, 2026
Source: The museum

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Details

Accession number: 1964.8.1789

What it shows

Landscape Castle Tree Lions Figures

In the catalog

Prints Woodcut Renaissance 15th century German Religious art Germany

Display history

Not on view at present
National Gallery of Art · Sep 29, 2026 — now · Verified
Was not on view
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Sep 29, 2026 — Sep 29, 2026 · Verified
Was not on view
National Gallery of Art · Sep 29, 2026 — Sep 29, 2026 · Verified
Was not on view
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Sep 28, 2026 — Sep 29, 2026 · Verified
Was not on view
National Gallery of Art · Sep 28, 2026 — Sep 28, 2026 · Verified
Was not on view
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Sep 27, 2026 — Sep 28, 2026 · Verified
Was not on view
National Gallery of Art · Sep 26, 2026 — Sep 27, 2026 · Verified
Was not on view
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Aug 19, 2026 — Sep 26, 2026 · Verified

Sources

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

In the life of Albrecht Dürer

The whole life

1494–1495
First journey to Italy
Within three months of the wedding Dürer left alone for Italy, perhaps fleeing an outbreak of plague in Nuremberg. Crossing the Alps he made watercolour landscapes; in Venice he studied its art and judged Giovanni Bellini the best of its painters; Mantegna and Pollaiuolo left their mark on him.
1495
Opens his own workshop
Dürer opened his own workshop in Nuremberg, where over the next ten years he created much of his printmaking. His godfather, the publisher Anton Koberger, helped issue the first series; the city's crafts were governed by the Council rather than guilds, leaving him free to try new techniques and sell his own impressions.
1500
Jacopo de' Barbari and the secret of proportion
The Venetian Jacopo de' Barbari, whom Dürer had met in Venice, came to Nuremberg, and Dürer said he learned much from him about perspective, anatomy and proportion. Feeling that de' Barbari would not explain everything he knew, Dürer began studies of his own that became a lifelong preoccupation.

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