Samson Killing the Lion
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
44.2 × 68.8 cm (17 7/16 × 27 1/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
147066
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The majority of Nicolaes de Bruyn’s work in the first decade of the 17th century consists of engravings after designs by Gillis van Coninxloo, a Netherlandish draftsman who was a generation older than De Bruyn. Highly influenced by his training in tapestry making, Coninxloo focused on the depiction of the heroic landscape, an interpretation of nature based on reality but with an emphasis on the ideal. De Bruyn followed the style of Coninxloo in his own designs, frequently including a small bibli...
About the Artist
Nicolaes de Bruyn · 1571–1656
Nicolaes de Bruyn was a Flemish printmaker born in Antwerp in 1571, active during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and known primarily for his large, elaborately detailed engravings of landscapes, hunting scenes, and biblical and mythological subjects. He trained in the tradition of Flemish reproductive engraving and was deeply influenced by the work of his contemporaries and pre...