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Samson rending the Lion
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Samson rending the Lion
woodcut, circa 1496-97, on laid paper, watermark Serpent (M. 100, circa 1580), a Meder d impression, printing somewhat dryly, trimmed on or to the borderline, a repaired paper split at the lower left sheet edge, with very pale scattered foxing
Block & Sheet 385 x 280 mm.
Samson rending the Lion
woodcut, circa 1496-97, on laid paper, watermark Serpent (M. 100, circa 1580), a Meder d impression, printing somewhat dryly, trimmed on or to the borderline, a repaired paper split at the lower left sheet edge, with very pale scattered foxing
Block & Sheet 385 x 280 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified initials OS in pencil verso (not in Lugt).
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 2; Meder 107; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 127
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