Fine Art

Sansón y Dalila — Historia y Análisis

Sansón duerme en el regazo de Dalila mientras un hombre le corta cuidadosamente el cabello, la fuente de su fuerza, y soldados esperan en la puerta. Peter Paul Rubens pintó la historia bíblica alrededor de 1609–1610 para su amigo y mecenas Nicolaas Rockox, alcalde de Amberes, para colgarla sobre la chimenea de su casa de ciudad. Una anciana detrás de Dalila refleja su perfil, quizás un indicio de que Dalila también perderá su belleza algún día. Vendido de la colección Liechtenstein en 1880, fue redescubierto en París en 1929 y comprado por la National Gallery de Londres en una subasta en 1980. Es óleo sobre panel de roble, 185 × 205 cm.

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A kneeling figure in white is crowned by a richly robed cleric, surrounded by shadowed men in red, pale figures with a staff, and a small white dog in an architectural setting.

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Marie de' Medici stands in a lavish black and gold gown with a golden mantle and helmet, crowned by two winged putti above her, with armor and weapons at her feet against a dramatic sky.

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