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Samson and Delilah
about 1612
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 37.2 × 43.3 cm (14 5/8 × 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2585
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 194; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. 11) 11 II/II; Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish)
State
II/II
Signed
Signed in plate, in lower margin, lower right: Pet. Pauolo Rubens pinxit/Ja. Matham Sculp. et excud.
Marks
Verso, in old ink: z H10; in graphite: 1072[?]; MFA stamp in purple (Lugt 207): BABCOCK BEQUEST.; with accession number, in stamped oval, in black ink: 2585
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, within image, lower left: N. ob. et ampliss. V.D. NICOLAO ROCOXIO/Equiti, pluries Antvepiæ Consuli, elegantiaru omnium/apprimè Studioso, Iconem hanc in æs à se incisa, cultus et bo/Sevatiæ causâ, tu quòd archetijpa tabula artifice Pet. Pauli/Rubenÿ manu depicta apud ipsu cu admiratione Spectatur, Matha/L.M.D.D.
Inscribed in plate, in lower margin, left to right: Cum privil. Sa. Cæf. M./ Qui genus humanum Superauit robore Sampsom/Femineis tandem vincitus insidÿs./Sic et femineâ vis Herculis arte dologúe/Occidit. ô magnis sexus inique viris!/Pet. Pauolo Rubens pinxit/Ja. Matham Sculp. et excud.
Inscribed in plate, in lower margin, left to right: Cum privil. Sa. Cæf. M./ Qui genus humanum Superauit robore Sampsom/Femineis tandem vincitus insidÿs./Sic et femineâ vis Herculis arte dologúe/Occidit. ô magnis sexus inique viris!/Pet. Pauolo Rubens pinxit/Ja. Matham Sculp. et excud.
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 208), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)