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Philips Galle
Samson Destroying the Templecirca 1560

Not on view
Circular engraving depicting a muscular bearded man forcing apart two stone columns as a building collapses, with figures falling in the rubble around him and a crowd visible through a colonnade at right
Artist or Maker
Philips Galle
Holland, Haarlem, 1537-1612
After
Maerten van Heemskerck
Holland, Heemskerck, 1498-1574
Title
Samson Destroying the Temple
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
circa 1560
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 12 1/4 in. (26.99 × 31.12 cm) Image: 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (26.04 × 26.04 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.83.301.9
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.