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Samson and Delilah
Also titled Simson en Delila
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
c. 1626 - c. 1627
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Classification
- grisaille
- Dimensions
- height 27.5 cm x width 23.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
This scene represents the biblical story of the Israelite Samson and the Philistine Delilah. Delilah seduced Samson into revealing the secret of his superhuman strength, namely his long hair. Without it he would be like any other mortal. This painting was recently reattributed to Rembrandt. Delilah gestures the approaching Philistine with a pair of scissors to be still.
