# Samson Captured by the Philistines

- By: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
- Date: 1619
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 75 1/4 x 93 1/4 in. (191.1 x 236.9 cm)
- Culture: Italian
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1984
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436603)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DT503.jpg
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