# Samson Captured by the Philistines, in Italian Baroque

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) painted this in 1619, aged 28. It is now at The Met in New York.

[Read the full label](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/samson-captured-by-the-philistines-met-436603#about-work)

## The work

- Date: 1619
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 75 1/4 x 93 1/4 in. (191.1 x 236.9 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.459.2
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/guercino-giovanni-francesco-barbieri), Italian, 1591–1666

2 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)'s contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-guercino-giovanni-francesco-barbieri?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More paintings of the 17th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/painting-17?hang=749) (168 works)
- [17th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy?hang=749) (39 works)

## Get it

- [Print this work](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/samson-captured-by-the-philistines-met-436603#print)
- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1100.jpg?dl=1
- [The work's page](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/samson-captured-by-the-philistines-met-436603)