Title
Samson and Delilah, by van Dyck (1628, c.)
Creator
van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641)
Date
1628, c.
Description
This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. However, in this representation of the scene, Delilah is not cutting Samson's hair, he is being taken by soldiers with ropes while Samson and Delilah reach out for each other. Note the maid who appears on the left near Delilah in the scene. The maid resembles the procuress in Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598, c.)
Source
In Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/645/?offset=0&lv=list
Found in Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anton_van_Dyck_-_Samson_and_Delilah_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190613170808/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anton_van_Dyck_-_Samson_and_Delilah_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Accession Number: Gemäldegalerie, 512
https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/645/?offset=0&lv=list
Found in Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anton_van_Dyck_-_Samson_and_Delilah_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190613170808/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anton_van_Dyck_-_Samson_and_Delilah_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Accession Number: Gemäldegalerie, 512
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 146 × 254 cm
Dimensions: 146 × 254 cm
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