Title
Samson and Delilah, by Tintoretto (1550, c.)
Creator
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1519-1594)
Date
1550, c.
Description
This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair, except in this picture, it is a servant cutting Samson's hair while he lies on Delilah's lap. Note the maid who appears on the left near Delilah. The maid resembles the procuress in Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598, c.)
Source
In Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK
Found in Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_delilah.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200117045751/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_delilah.JPG
Found in Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_delilah.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200117045751/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_delilah.JPG
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 161.9 × 228 cm
Dimensions: 161.9 × 228 cm
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