Samsonmeister, active 13th century

LC control no.	n 82116027
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Samsonmeister, active 13th century *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Maître du Samson de Laach, active 13th century Meister des Laacher Samson, active 13th century Samson-Meister, active 13th century Samsonmeister, 13th cent.
Beginning date	12
Found in	Kaelble, B. Untersuchungen zur grossfigurigen Plastik des Samsonmeisters, 1981 (subj.) t.p. (Samsonmeister) p. 7, etc. (Sculptor named after a Samson figure in Maria Laach church; name orig. used as sort of collective term for style prevalent in lower and middle Rhine region betw. 1190-1220. Later res. established that many sculptures during this era have been created by one person) Bader, W. Der Bildhauer d. Laacher Samsons, 1929 (Samsonmeister) Wirth, K.-A. Beiträge zum Problem d. "Samsonmeisters", 1957 (Samsonmeister) Hojer, G. Zwei neu entdeckte Evangelistensymbole d. Samsonmeisters, 1967 (Samsonmeister) Bénézit (Maître du Samson de Laach; 1st third of 13th cent.) Thieme/Becker (Meister des Laacher Samson; 1st third of 13th cent.; ref. from Samson-Meister)