PrintsDutch16th-17th century

Samson Slaying a Thousand Men with the Jawbone of an Ass

1585

Artists

Anton Wierix IIArtist

Maerten de VosArtist after

Gerard de JodePublisher

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 19.9 x 26.3 cm (7 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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