Samson defeating the lion

Samson defeating the lion

Title

Samson defeating the lion

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 140A]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1976, No. 514]

Samson is shown clad in golden armour - with the exception of his naked arms and legs -, holding the lion's jaw open, while mounted on his back. The event takes place against a backdrop of bushes, that reveals the expansive landscape beyond in the upper left corner.

[Görres, cda

Samson is shown clad in golden armour - with the exception of his naked arms and legs -, holding the lion's jaw open, while mounted on his back. The event takes place against a backdrop of bushes, that reveals the expansive landscape beyond in the upper left corner.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kolb 2005 A, 137] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 140A]

Production date
about 1520 - 1525

Production date

about 1520 - 1525

[Kolb 2005 A, 137][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 140A]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 25 x 18 cm (trimmed along the top edge)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 25 x 18 cm (trimmed along the top edge)

  • [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1976, No. 514]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left; in black paint

  • [cda 2014]

Inscriptions and Labels

Recto: - bottom right: '589' (Gemäldegalerie Dresden, Inventory from 1722-1728, Inv. No. B 589)[1]
[1][Kolb 2005 …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Recto: - bottom right: '589' (Gemäldegalerie Dresden, Inventory from 1722-1728, Inv. No. B 589)[1]

  • [1][Kolb 2005 A, 137]

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P012
FR (1978) Nr.
FR140A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P012/

Provenance

  • Gemäldegalerie Dresden sold among a batch of paintings to Carl Heinrich von Heineken (Director of the Cabinet of Prints and Drawings) (Inv. No. B 589)
  • Heineken sale 1769
    [Kolb 2005 A, 137]
  • 1922 Leiser, Heidelberg
  • private collection, England
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 140A]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015 68
EditorWolfgang Holler, Karin Kolb
TitleCranach in Weimar, [Weimar, Schiller-Museum, 3 April - 14 June 2015]
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication2015
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Kolb 2015 B 182, 185, 187, 192 3
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCarl Heinrich von Heineken und die Cranach-Rezeption im 18. Jahrhundert
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages179-193
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Kolb 2005 A 137 Fig. 58
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCranach - Die Gemälde in Dresden und ihre Geschichte
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages112-173
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Kolb 2005 C 529, 564, 567
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleDokumentation zum Dresdener Cranach-Bestand
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages526-572
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Koepplin 2003 C 146, 147 Fig. 14
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleEin Cranach-Prinzip
Publicationin Heinz Spielmann, Werner Schade, eds., Lucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne, Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Pages144-165
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 140A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 327, 425, 592, 604, 607 514 Pl. 20
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Samson battling with the lion
  • Samson battling with the lion, about 1520 - 1525
  • DE_KSW_G836
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  • Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums

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