Title
Samson and Delilah, by van Honthorst (1616, c.)
Creator
van Honthorst, Gerrit (1590-1656)
Date
1616, c.
Description
This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. Note the maid who appears on the left holding the candle in the scene. The maid resembles the procuress in Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598, c.)
Source
The Cleveland Museum of Art, the USA
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.23
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200812151331/https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.23
Inventory number: 1968.23
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_et_Dalila.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200819221210/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_et_Dalila.JPG
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.23
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200812151331/https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.23
Inventory number: 1968.23
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_et_Dalila.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200819221210/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_et_Dalila.JPG
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 129 × 94 cm
Dimensions: 129 × 94 cm
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