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Samson and the Lion, with the Arms of Gottfried Meystens of Hamburg

Samson and the Lion, with the Arms of Gottfried Meystens of HamburgGermany
1656
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel; abraded red
35.5 x 26.8 (14 x 10 1/2)
Extensive mending leads throughout

Provenance: Stanley Mortimer, Litchfield, Ct.
Bibliography: Princeton Museum 22:1 (1963), 19.

Collection: Princeton University: The Art Museum (Princeton, New Jersey)
Object/Accession: 62-102 (Gift of Stanley Mortimer)

Arms: Vert letters G M sable surmounted by a two-bar cross sable, crest of lion rampant or holding a mullet or
Inscription: Godfrit Meystens/ von Hamburg Ano/ 1656

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