Print made by Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
Title:
Samson Overcome by the Philistines
Date:
ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (17.5 x 27 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "J. Zauffalÿ. inv: et fecit."; lower center: "No 3."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.7.7
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
torture | men | woman | Philistines | armor | shield | headdress | helmets | bed | shears | scissors | shackles | eyes | Samson is tormented by the Philistines, Delilah is paid | religious and mythological subject | Old Testament
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Johan Zoffany RA (Royal Academy of Arts, 2012-03-10 - 2012-06-10)Johan Zoffany RA (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-27 - 2012-02-12)
Publications:
Martin Postle, Johan Zoffany, RA : Society Observed, , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2011, p. 184, cat. no. 10, NJ18 Z68 + A12 2011 Oversize (YCBA)Mary Webster, Johan Zoffany, 1733-1810, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1976, p. 86, no. 116, NJ18 Z68 W43 (YCBA)Mary Webster, Johan Zoffany, 1733-1810, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2011, pp. 25, 27, 649, NJ18 Z68 W43 2011 + (YCBA)