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Samson and Delilah
Delilah seduced Samson into telling her the secret of his superhuman strength, the source of which lay in his long hair. Lievens painted Samson asleep on Delilah’s lap. She hands a pair of scissors to the frightened man so that he can cut off Samson’s hair. In their early years, Lievens and Rembrandt – who shared a workshop – regularly looked at one another’s work. Rembrandt’s influence can be dis…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/71F375
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1630 - 1635
- 1630/1635
- 1630/1635
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8902
- SK-A-1627
Extent
- height 131 cm
- width 111 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:13:46.028Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:24.493Z