Samson and the Philistine

ArtistFollower of Giovanni da Bologna Italian, ca. 1600-1625

Dateabout 1600-1625

DimensionsH: 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)

MediumBronze

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1951.383

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 23

Collections

Sculpture

Published References

"Renaissance Bronzes for Toledo," Art Digest, vol. 27, Feb. 15, 1953, p. 7.

Weltkunst, vol. 23, no. 9, May 1, 1953, p. 4.

"Italian Renaissance Bronzes," Toledo Museum News, no. 141, January 1953, repr. on cover.

"Notable Works of Art Now on the Market," Burlington Magazine, July 1955, p. 240, pl. XVII, vol. 97, p. 328 (correction).

Weihrauch, Hans R., Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in Anderen Metallen, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munchen, Kataloge Band XIII, 5, Munich F. Bruckmann, 1956, p. 87.

Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1966, repr.

Avery, Charles, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, 1993, p. 128, figs. 38.4, and 38.5 (det.).

Morita der Gelehrte: Ein Renaissancefürst in Europa, Lemgo, Weserrenaissance-Museum Schloss Brake, 1997, no. 273, p. 233, repr. (as Adrian de Vries).

Exhibition History

Cleveland Museum of Art, Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections, 1975, no. 144.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Frick Art Museum, 1993-94.

Lemgo, Weserrenaissance-Museum Schloss Brake; Kassel, Staatliche Museen Kassel, Orangerie, Morita der Gelehrte: Ein Renaissancefürst in Europa, 1997-1998.