GIAMBOLOGNA
(b. 1529, Douai, d. 1608, Firenze)

Samson and a Philistine

1560-62
Marble, height 210 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The group shows two nude men in combat, and represents Samson slaying a Philistine, an episode from the Old Testament 'Book of Judges'. This marble is related to a lost model by Michelangelo.




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