Title
Samson and Delilah, by Gentileschi (1630, c.)
Creator
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593- c. 1656)
Date
1630, c.
Description
Original title: Sansone e Dalila ("Samson and Delilah").
This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. Note the maid who appears on the right holding Delilah's hand. The maid resembles the procuress in Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598, c.)
This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. Note the maid who appears on the right holding Delilah's hand. The maid resembles the procuress in Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598, c.)
Source
In Banco Commerciale Italiana
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_und_delilah.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20161001230140/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_und_delilah.jpg
Found in Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_und_delilah.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20161001230140/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_und_delilah.jpg
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 90.5 × 109.5 cm
Dimensions: 90.5 × 109.5 cm
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