# Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson"

**Unknown artist**  
ca. 1560–80  
Woodcut with pochoir (stencil) and hand coloring  
sheet: 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (37.4 x 49.5 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.27.2. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/393723).

## About this work

An unrecorded French artist made this in about 1560–80. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Woodcut.** A relief print. The block is cut away around the lines, so the lines stand up to take the ink, and the sheet is pressed onto them.

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- Culture: French
- Real size: about 15 × 19 in (37 × 50 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Subjects: Lions, Samson
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1054.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1054/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/samson-and-the-lion-from-the-story-of-samson-met-393723).