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Samson and Delilah, Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528–30
Lucas Cranach, portraitLucas CranachGerman, 1472–1553

Samson and Delilah

ca. 1528–30 · Painting

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Yes, on view now

Where is “Samson and Delilah” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 607, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room607

Open now· until 9:00 PM

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Details

Accession number
1976.201.11

What it shows

SoldiersWomanSamsonDelilah

In the catalog

PaintingsOilGerman paintingRenaissance16th century

Sources

In the life of Lucas Cranach

The whole life

  1. 1505–1547

    Post: court painter

  2. 1526

    Godfather to Luther's Son

    He became godfather to Luther's firstborn, Johannes "Hans" Luther, born in 1526.

  3. 1531

    Post: burgomaster

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Portrait de Jean-Frédéric le Magnanime (1503-1554), Cranach l'ancien, Lucas, XVIe siècle (L’examen dendrochronologique du support par le Dr Peter Klein (1983) a établi que l’arbre dont sont tirées les deux planches qui forment le panneau de l’INV. 1184 a été abattu en 1523, ce qui est compatible avec la date de 1531 portée sur le tableau.) (1531)

Portrait de Jean-Frédéric le Magnanime (1503-1554)

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Saint Pierre, Cranach l'ancien, Lucas, 1e moitié du XVIe siècle (1500 - 1550)

Saint Pierre

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Saint Paul, Cranach l'ancien, Lucas, 1e moitié du XVIe siècle (1500 - 1550)

Saint Paul

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Venus and Cupid, Lucas Cranach, 1509

Venus and Cupid

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A Princess of Saxony, Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1517

A Princess of Saxony

c. 1517 · National Gallery of Art

A Prince of Saxony, Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1517

A Prince of Saxony

c. 1517 · National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Anna Buchner, née Lindacker, Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1520

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c. 1520 · Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519

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Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, probably 1519

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The Ascension of Christ, Hans Süss von Kulmbach, 1513

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