Peter Paul Rubens

Samson and Delilah



Peter Paul Rubens - Samson and Delilah



Peter Paul Rubens
Samson and Delilah
c. 1610
185 x 205 cm
Oil on panel
The National Gallery, London


Literature

Collection catalogues
Christopher Baker and Tom Henry, The National Gallery complete illustrated catalogue, London, 2001, p. 591

Literature
Anne T. Woollett, Ariane van Suchtelen, Rubens & Brueghel, Zwolle, 2006, fig. 23
Alejandro Vergara and Friso Lammertse (eds.), The Young Van Dyck, New York, NY, 2013, fig. 60


Iconclass

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

External links

National Gallery, London Accession number NG6461

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