File:Clevelandart 1968.23.jpg
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Gerard van Honthorst: Samson and Delilah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
label QS:Lit,"Sansone e Dalila"
label QS:Lfr,"Samson et Dalila"
label QS:Lpl,"Samson i Dalila"
label QS:Lnl,"Simson en Delila"
label QS:Les,"Sansón y Dalila"
label QS:Lpt,"Sansão e Dalila"
label QS:Lmk,"Самсон и Далила"
label QS:Lde,"Samson und Delila"
label QS:Lru,"Самсон и Далила" |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
In retaliation for Samson’s single-handed decimation of their army, the Philistines bribed his lover Delilah to discover the source of his strength: his hair, uncut since birth. Samson’s hair was shorn as he lay sleeping in Delilah’s lap, draining his strength and allowing the Philistines to capture him. Honthorst intensified the inherent drama of the scene by limiting his depiction to just three closely packed figures, starkly illuminated by a single candle. The old woman’s silencing gesture involves the viewer in the action, making us complicit in Delilah’s deceit. |
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Date | circa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Framed: 158.4 x 122.5 x 11.8 cm (62 3/8 x 48 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.); Case: 139.7 x 177.8 x 28 cm (55 x 70 x 11 in.); Unframed: 129 x 94 cm (50 13/16 x 37 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q657415 |
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Current location |
European Painting and Sculpture |
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Accession number |
1968.23 (Cleveland Museum of Art) |
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Place of creation | Netherlands, 17th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.23 |
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