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.
- Maker/Artist
- Master E. S.
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- engraving
- Medium
- engraving
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1948.456
- Credit Line
- Grace Rainey Rogers Fund
- Exhibitions
- 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Prints 1400-1800, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection, Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary, Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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