GUERCINO (b. 1591, Cento, d. 1666, Bologna) |
Samson Captured by the Philistines1619Oil on canvas, 191 x 237 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | ||
This painting was commissioned by Cardinal Giacomo Serra, the papal legate to Ferrara. As shown here, Guercino's early masterpiece demonstrates far better than most other paintings that it is possible to achieve dramatically theatrical effects without abandoning real naturalism.
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