Jan Lievens

Samson and Delilah



Jan Lievens - Samson and Delilah



Jan Lievens
Samson and Delilah
c. 1630
129 x 110 cm
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Schneider 13
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler III, Landau/Pfalz, 1986, nr. 1185
Schnackenburg 64

Collection catalogues
Pieter J.J. van Thiel, C.J. de Bruyn Kops, Jola Cleveringa, Wouter Kloek, Annemarie Vels Heijn, All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Amsterdam; Maarssen, 1976, p. 347 info

Literature
Peter van der Ploeg, Carola Vermeeren, Princely patrons, Hague; Zwolle, 1997, p. 185, fig. 1
Eric Jan Sluijter, Rembrandt's rivals, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2015, fig. IIA-16
Ernst van de Wetering, Rembrandt, Amsterdam, 2016], fig. 61


Exhibitions

2019 Young Rembrandt, Nr. 82
2014 Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age, Nr. 79
2008 Jan Lievens - A Dutch Master Rediscovered, Nr. 15

Provenance

J.S. Hensé, Bradford, 1895
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Iconclass

71F375 Samson asleep in Delilah's lap; she is usually shown beckoning to a Philistine or putting a finger to her lips

External links

RKD 6942
Rijksmuseum Accession number SK-A-1627

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1644

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