Valentin de BoulogneΓαλλία, 1591–1632Samson
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Πού βρίσκεται τώρα το έργο «Samson»; The Cleveland Museum of Art, 217 Italian Baroque, Κλίβλαντ. Ναι, εκτίθεται τώρα. Ελέγχθηκε 9 Νοεμβρίου 2026.
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Valentin de Boulogne’s Samson, painted in 1630–31, rests his head on one hand in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. His thoughtful, almost melancholy pose contrasts with objects recalling his feats: killing a lion without weapons and using an ass’s jawbone against a thousand Philistines to free the Israelites. Two bees form the shoulder clasp of his breastplate. They identify the Barberini family, who commissioned the canvas around 1630. It was conceived as a companion to Valentin’s victorious David with Goliath’s head, commissioned by the same family in 1627. On view in gallery 217 Italian Baroque.
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The Old Testament hero Samson rests his head on his hand in a pensive, even melancholic pose. Objects on the table recall two of his heroic deeds: he killed a lion with his bare hands, and liberated the Israelites by slaughtering a thousand Philistines with a donkey’s jawbone. Samson’s cuirass, or breastplate, is joined at the shoulder by a clasp in the form of two bees—the emblem of the Barberini family, who commissioned the painting around 1630. In 1627, the Barberini had engaged Valentin to paint another biblical hero, David victorious with the head of Goliath; the canvas depicting Samson was designed to be its pendant.
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- 1972.50
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- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Εικόνα: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
