Christiaen Gillisz. van Couwenbergh

The capture of Samson



Christiaen Gillisz. van Couwenbergh - The capture of Samson



Christiaen Gillisz. van Couwenbergh
The capture of Samson
1630
156 x 196 cm
Oil on canvas
Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht


Literature

Gary Schwartz, Rembrandt zijn leven, zijn schilderijen, Maarssen, 1984, fig. 70
Peter Marijnissen, Wim de Paus, Peter Schoon, George Schweitzer (redactie), De Zichtbaere Werelt, Zwolle, 1992, p. 18, fig. 10


Exhibitions

2001 Vermeer and the Delft School, Nr. 14

Iconclass

71F376 Samson's hairlocks are shaved, or cut off (usually with scissors) by a Philistine

External links

RKD 1156

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