id: 114942
accession number: 1935.117
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1935.117
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The Power of Women: Samson and Delilah, c. 1512. Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494–1533). Woodcut; image: 41.1 x 28.7 cm (16 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Charles T. Brooks 1935.117
title: The Power of Women: Samson and Delilah
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creation date: c. 1512
creation date earliest: 1507
creation date latest: 1517
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creditline: Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Charles T. Brooks
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culture: Netherlands, 16th century
technique: woodcut
department: Prints
collection: PR - Woodcut
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 6
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CREATORS
* Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494–1533) - artist
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measurements: Image: 41.1 x 28.7 cm (16 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Prints Accessioned in 1935
opening date: 1936-10-14T05:00:00
Prints Accessioned in 1935. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14-November 8, 1936).
title: Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1938-08-10T04:00:00
Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-November 13, 1938).
title: Prints by Lucas Van Leyden and His Contemporaries
opening date: 1939-02-28T05:00:00
Prints by Lucas Van Leyden and His Contemporaries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 28-April 2, 1939).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Prints 1400-1800
opening date: 1956-12-18T05:00:00
Prints 1400-1800. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 18, 1956-January 10, 1957); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 1-March 3, 1957); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (November 1-December 1, 1957).
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
title: Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
opening date: 1965-05-06T04:00:00
Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).
title: Old Master Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00
Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-April 1, 1967).
title: Eight Masters of the Print
opening date: 1980-10-14T04:00:00
Eight Masters of the Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981).
title: Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland
opening date: 1991-04-02T04:00:00
Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
title: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00
Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Paul J. Sachs
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Paul J. Sachs
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The publication of Albrecht Dürer's three impressive woodcut series in 1511—The Large Passion, The Apocalypse, and The Life of the Virgin—had an immediate impact on Northern painters such as Lucas. Lucas's first major designs for woodcuts were six large images whose theme was the power of women, that is, women's ability to dominate man by using wiles and beauty was a subject with broad, popular appeal at the time. The woodcut medium was eminently suitable for the bold, straightforward manner in which Lucas presented his subjects. The moment representing woman's treachery is always depicted as a restrained confrontation: here, Delilah cuts Samson's hair, sapping his extraordinary strength and leaving him vulnerable to the Philistines who wait in the background to seize him. In size, these woodcuts rival Dürer's largest sheets. The motionless figures possess a monumentality that contributes to the dramatic impact.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 651
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n121
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 104
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n128
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 104
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n128
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 120
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n140
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IMAGES
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full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1935.117/1935.117_full.tif