Open source Elasticsearch & Next.js museum search.
Samson Rending the Lion | musefully
Master E. S.. Samson Rending the Lion, 1450–67. engraving, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund, 1948.456. CC0.
Samson Rending the Lion
1450–67
Master ES
Master ES (German, active 1450–67)
Prints
Samson Rending the Lion, 1450–67. Master ES (German, active 1450–67). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund 1948.456 The biblical hero Samson appears here as a fantastical medieval courtier, proving his courage and strength by slaying a lion with his bare hands. Viewers familiar with Samson’s story would have identified the courtly maiden as the woman of Timnah, a heathen who marries Samson, but betrays him during their wedding. The idea that even history’s greatest men succumbed to the power of women was a popular one in early prints.