SANSONE E IL LEONE - SAMSON RENDING THE LION - SAMSON TÖTET DEN LÖWEN

Published by ca. 1496, 1496

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Silografia impressa su carta vergellata piuttosto spessa, priva di filigrana e databile allersquo;ultimo quarto del sec. XVI. Monogramma posto al centro del bordo inferiore. Stato unico, terza o quarta variante su sette (Meder 107 c-d/g). Rifilata irregolarmente lungo la linea mar - ginale, sempre presente. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione dalla vivida inchio - stratura; qualche leggera abrasione al verso degli angoli e alcune lievi pieghe di stampa o traccia di piegatura. STRAUSS 33 - A partire da questa stampa, Dürer ravviva il primo piano con unersquo;ampia ve - getazione. ehellip; Sansone è a cavalcioni del leone e cerca di aprirne la bocca. Sebbene la resa di Dürer rappresenti un notevole progresso rispetto alle precedenti, la posizione di Sansone ri - mane poco convincente. Mentre spinge con il piede destro contro il collo del leone, la sua gamba sinistra è inerte invece di spingere indietro contro il terreno. Questa silografia è stata spesso considerata lersquo;opera complementare a Ercole conquista i gemelli Molionidi. La qualità realistica del leone è stata collegata al fatto che Dürer aveva avuto modo di conoscere i leoni a Venezia, sebbene potessero essere semplicemente quelli scolpiti nella pietra a San Marco. Woodcut on rather laid thick paper, without watermark, datable to the quarter end of the 16th century. Monogram at the centre lower edge. Meder 107 c-d/g. Irregular trimmed just inside the platemark, always present. Good state, sharply contrasts; some light abra - sions on corners eldquo;on versoerdquo; and some slight printing creases or trace of folding. STRAUSS 33 - Beginning with this print Dürer enlivens the foreground with ample ve - getation. ehellip; Samson is straddling the lion and attempting to force apart the mouth of the beast. Although Dürerersquo;s rendering represents a considerable advance over the earlier ones, Samsonersquo;s stance remains unconvincing. While he is pushing with his right foot against the neck of the lion, his left leg is limp instead of pushing back against the ground. This woodcut has often been viewed as the companion piece to Hercules Conquering the Mo - lionide Twins. The lifelike quality of the lion has been linked to Dürerersquo;s having become acquainted with lions in Venice, although they may have merely been the ones carved in stone at St. Markersquo;s.

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Title
SANSONE E IL LEONE - SAMSON RENDING THE LION - SAMSON TÖTET DEN LÖWEN
Author
DÜRER Albrecht (1471-1528)
Publisher
ca. 1496
Publication year
1496
Dimensions
(mm 388 x 281)

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Gallery in the central of Turin since 1985. We publish an annual selected catalogue. Specialist in rare antique books, incunabola, Renaissance, italian books, antique prints, old master prints, napoletan guaches.

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TORINO, TO Italy 10123