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Samson and Delilah  1510

by Lucas Cranach the Elder

In this Old Testament scene, the Israelite judge Samson sleeps in the lap of his Philistine lover Delilah, who shears a lock of hair from his head to drain his superhuman strength. A group of soldiers emerges from the forest, seeking revenge against the disempowered hero, who had murdered a thousand Philistines with the ass’s jawbone that lies at his feet. [br] The panel’...
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Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art