Hendrick Snyders
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Museum of the Battle of Anghiari
Piazza Mameli, 1 - 2, Anghiari
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The print reproduces the painting by Antoon van Dyck kept at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (inv. No. 512). A precise moment of the biblical story narrated in the Book of Kings is depicted. It is the moment of betrayal: Delilah delivers Samson to the Philistines, after having cut his hair and deprived him of his extraordinary strength. Note the exchange of glances between the two protagonists: he, disappointed and embittered, turns to his beloved lying on the bed in a mixed motion between resignation and anger.
Title: Samson and Delilah
Author: Hendrick Snyders
Date: 1642 - 47
Technique: Etching and burin
Displayed in: Museum of the Battle of Anghiari
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