# Samson and Delilah, in Dutch Golden Age

Gerrit van Honthorst painted this in about 1616, aged about 25. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> In retaliation for Samson’s single-handed decimation of their army, the Philistines bribed his lover Delilah to discover the source of his strength: his hair, uncut since birth. Samson’s hair was shorn as he lay sleeping in Delilah’s lap, draining his strength and allowing the Philistines to capture him.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: c. 1616
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Framed: 158.4 x 122.5 x 11.8 cm (62 3/8 x 48 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.); Case: 139.7 x 177.8 x 28 cm (55 x 70 x 11 in.); Unframed: 129 x 94 cm (50 13/16 x 37 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968.23
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Gerrit van Honthorst](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gerrit-van-honthorst), Dutch, 1590–1656

1 works in the collection.

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