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Crispin van den Broeck (1524-91)
Samson slaying the lion c.1575
Pen and black ink with grey wash; indented for transfer | 11.9 x 8.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904726
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A drawing of Samson, full length, astride the crouching lion, struggling to open the beast's jaws; In the background is the town of Timnah. Inscribed below: . SAMSON . This drawing is from a series of thirty four scenes from the Old Testament which, with the exception of RCIN 904742, served as preparatory drawings for 33 of the 39 engravings in reverse by Johannes Sadeler the Elder (Hollstein , XXI, pp.96-7, nos.72-110), designed to illustrate L.Hillesemius, Sacrarum Antiquitatum (Antwerp, 1577).
Provenance
First recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p.18: 'Strada & old Masters 73 Drawings 55 pages')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and black ink with grey wash; indented for transfer
Measurements
11.9 x 8.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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