STEEN, Jan (b. 1626, Leiden, d. 1679, Leiden) |
Samson and Delilah1667-70Oil on canvas, 134 x 199 cm Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne | ||
This splendid, large-scale painting shows a typical Dutch combination of biblical or mythological history painting with the characteristics of narrative genre painting. It depicts a scene from Abraham Koninck's 1618 play, The Tragedy of Samson, a parable of false love.
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