This work, which stands at just over two-meters tall, depicts a biblical episode in which the Nazirite leader, Samson, who had superhuman strength, has single-handedly slayed an army of Philistines (The Book of Judges: "And he (Samson) found a new jawbone of an ass, and put…
The attribution of this painting is debated. The grisaille was considered as an autograph Rembrandt that might have served as a preparatory sketch for Rembrandt's painting of this subject in Berlin. Later it was assigned to Jan Lievens. Recently it was reattributed to…
Samson and Delilah is an oil on wood painting measuring 185 × 205 cm and long attributed to the Flemish Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens in the National Gallery, London. It dates from about 1609 to 1610. Two preliminary copies of the painting exist today: an ink-and-wash…
This is the earliest known work by Masaccio, dated April 23rd 1422 in the inscription running along the bottom edge of the three panels. It was commissioned by the Vanni Castellani family of Florence and originally resided in the church of San Lorenzo, before being moved to…
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