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Samson and Delilah

1875

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The story

Delilah failed three times to learn what made Samson strong, as he slipped free of green withes, new ropes and a loom. When he finally admitted the secret was his uncut hair, she had it shorn while he slept and delivered him to the Philistines, who had bribed her with silver.

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Object details

Title: Samson and Delilah
Artist: Hans Canon
Date: 1875
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Belvedere, Vienna (4031)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0692
Original image: 3000 × 1807 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Hans Canon. Samson and Delilah. 1875. Belvedere, Vienna (4031). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0692/