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Samson Breaking His Bands

1784

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The story

Rigaud gave this canvas to the Royal Academy as his diploma work after he was elected a full Academician, and it still hangs in the Academy today. Rather than the famous scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair, he chose the moment the hero bursts free of his chains.

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Object details

Title: Samson Breaking His Bands
Artist: John Francis Rigaud
Date: 1784
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Royal Academy of Arts, London (03/1087)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0987
Original image: 2874 × 2400 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

John Francis Rigaud. Samson Breaking His Bands. 1784. Royal Academy of Arts, London (03/1087). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0987/