Albrecht DÜRER
Samson Rending the Lion
(c. 1497-1498)

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
38.2 × 27.8 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 2

Inscription
incised (in image) l.c.: AD (monogram)

Accession Number
3524-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Watermark Form
Imperial Orb (Reichsapfel Briquet 3064)

Meder 53, Briquet 3064 (found in a document dated 1523 in Babenhausen, Germany)

Completeness
complete

Chain Line Interval
35 - 37 mm

Laid Line Frequency
11-12 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
104 x ? [4 I 38 I 4] x 30

Wire Side
recto

Radiograph taken from
recto