Samson and Delilah
Jacob Matham
c. 1612
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 36.2 × 43.4 cm (14 5/16 × 17 1/8 in.); Plate: 37.7 × 44 cm (14 7/8 × 17 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38 × 44.4 cm (15 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
223274
About the Artist
Jacob Matham · 1571–1631
**Jacob Matham: Master Engraver of Haarlem** Jacob Matham was born on October 15, 1571, in Haarlem, in the Northern Netherlands, into a burgeoning artistic milieu. Following his father's early death, his mother married the renowned painter and engraver Hendrick Goltzius in 1579, who adopted the young Jacob and trained him rigorously in the workshop as his stepson and pupil. Matham's first signed ...