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Rembrandt
Samson and Delilah
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Rembrandt
Samson and Delilah
c. 1642-43
181 x 227 mm
Pen and bistre, wash; the two warriors covered with white
Groninger Museum, Groningen
C. Hofstede de Groot Bequest
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Benesch
530
Collection catalogues
J. Bolten,
Dutch drawings from the collection of Dr. Hofstede de Groot
, Utrecht, 1967, nr. 60
Provenance
Sale Argoutinsky, Amsterdam, 12 December 1922, nr. 1903
collection Hofstede de Groot
bequest to Groninger Museum voor Stad en Lande
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71F375
Samson asleep in Delilah's lap; she is usually shown beckoning to a Philistine or putting a finger to her lips
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