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Signed 'Lovis Corinth' lower right. Titled 'Gefangennahme Simsons' and 'Simsons Gefangennahme' (The Capture of Samson) in upper and lower margins.We would like to thank Thomas Deecke, Berlin, for kind information dated 1 April 2014.This drawing is possibly a study for the large format oil painting "Die Gefangennahme Simsons" from 1907, which is also known as the "Blendung Simsons" ("Blinding of Samson", cf. Berend-Corinth 343), and depicts a mirrored version of the present image.