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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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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Lucas van Leyden — Samson and Delilah
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Great Passion: The
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Great Passion: The
Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502–1555/61) — The Story of Lo
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Lamentation
Albrecht Dürer — The Lamentation
Albrecht Dürer — The Entombment
Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553) — The Passion: The Lamenta
Lucas Cranach the Elder — The Lamentation, from The Passion
Albrecht Dürer — The Entombment
Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531) — Samson and Delilah
Albrecht Dürer — The Lamentation for Christ
