Samson and Delilah

Title

Samson and Delilah

Draughtsman

• Jan Baptist Weenix ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• parchment
• gouache paint

Technique

• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Samson
• Delilah

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Richter 13,1-16,31

Primary

• 71F3761 Samson's hairlocks are cut off by Delilah

Alternative Attribution

• Aert van der Neer ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Joseph Werner the Younger ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Richard van Orley draughtsman; by note on mount