Jan LievensDutch, 1607–1674Samson and Delilah
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Samson and Delilah” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Delilah seduced Samson into telling her the secret of his superhuman strength, the source of which lay in his long hair. Lievens painted Samson asleep on Delilah’s lap. She hands a pair of scissors to the frightened man so that he can cut off Samson’s hair. In their early years, Lievens and Rembrandt – who shared a workshop – regularly looked at one another’s work. Rembrandt’s influence can be discerned in the
expressive rendering of the faces.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- SK-A-1627
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
