VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE
(b. 1591, Coulommier-en-Brie, d. 1632, Roma)

Samson

c. 1630
Oil on canvas, 136 x 103 cm
Museum of Art, Cleveland

Two paintings, David with the Head of Goliath (private collection) and its pendant, Samson (Museum of Art, Cleveland) were commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1597-1679), nephew of Pope Urban VIII in 1627. Both paintings were later extended along the lower edge