BLOCH, Carl Heinrich
(b. 1834, København, d. 1890, København)

Samson and the Philistines

1863
Oil on canvas, 246 x 184 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Bloch painted Samson and the Philistines in Rome in 1863. It was followed by several similar pictures, which brought Bloch great recognition, carving him a reputation among his contemporaries as Denmark's greatest painter.




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