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Samson and Delilah
This scene represents the biblical story of the Israelite Samson and the Philistine Delilah. Delilah seduced Samson and lured him into revealing the secret of his superhuman strength, which he would lose if his hair were cut. Without his long hair he would be like any other mortal. Rembrandt painted Samson asleep on Delilah’s lap. She grasps Samson’s hair and signals the approaching man with sciss…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/71F375
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
- Grisaille
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/71F375
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
- Grisaille
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
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
- c.1626 - c.1630
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- ...; private collection, England;{According to Stockholm 1956, p. 21, no. 3.} ...; the dealer Agnew & Sons, London;{According to Stockholm 1956, p. 21, no. 3.} ...; collection Mrs Derek Fitzgerald, by 1956;{Stockholm 1956, p. 21, no. 3.} sale, Mrs Derek Fitzgerald et al., London (Sotheby's), 3 July 1963, no. 14, fl. 63,040, to the dealer P. de Boer for the museum, as a gift from the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8903
- SK-A-4096
Extent
- height 27.5 cm
- width 23.5 cm
Format
- panel
- oak (wood)
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:52.492Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:00.701Z