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Samson and the Lion
Master FVB (Netherlandish, 15th century)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 14.8 x 9.5 cm (5 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2623
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 001; Lehrs 1 (I)
State
I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center, above engraved border: FVB
Marks
Watermark: two entwined gothic letters (Lehrs, vol. VII, p. 455, fig. 6); verso, in graphite: £2[.] 20; 28; 2.623.; [?]; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall; Lugt 1309]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate on Samson's left shoulder: IFCNSAE; on right shoulder: VO[?][R?]AFN
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)