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The Angel Predicts the Birth of Samson (from the series the History of Samson)

(Netherlandish, 1532–1603)
(Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 19.7 x 28.2 cm (7 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 23.9 x 33.4 cm (9 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession number69.1034
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin below image, lower left to right: Victima per Manuen, domino maetatur opima: Vxor Samsonem qúod paritura foret. Judicum.13.Caput.; lower right: 1
Provenance1969, gift of Aimée Lamb (b. 1893 - d. 1989), Boston, and Rosamond Lamb (b. 1898 - d. 1989), Boston, to the MFA.