Samson And Delilah (van Dyck, Vienna)
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''Samson and Delilah'' is a 1630 painting by
Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of ...
. Like his 1620 version of the subject, it is in the style of his former master
Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish painting, Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged comp ...
. Unlike Rubens, however, van Dyck shows Delilah seemingly appalled at her own betrayal of Samson and regretting her act of treason, whereas Rubens showed him as a captive and her as an unscrupulous temptress."Samson and Delilah"
Google artProject Van Dyck's palette in the work also reveals the influence of
Titian Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. Ti ...
during van Dyck's stay in Italy. It is now in the
Kunsthistorisches Museum The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien ( "Vienna Museum of art history, Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts, Vienna") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, i ...
in Vienna. File:Willem van Haecht (II) - Apelles painting Campaspe - 2.jpg, ''The Gallery of
Cornelis van der Geest Cornelis van der Geest (1555 – 10 March 1638) was a spice merchant from Antwerp, who used his wealth to support the Antwerp artists and to establish his art collection. He was also the dean of the haberdashers guild. Art collection He is best k ...
'', by
Willem van Haecht Willem van Haecht (1593 – 12 July 1637) was a Flemish painter best known for his pictures of art galleries and collections. Life Willem van Haecht was born in Antwerp as the son of the landscape painter Tobias Verhaecht. Tobias Verhaecht ...
shows this painting hanging on the rear wall.


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List of paintings by Anthony van Dyck The following is an incomplete list of works by the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). Portraits (1613–1632) Between 1613 and 1632, van Dyck travelled all over Europe – from his native Antwerp (where he began working as a painte ...


References

*Beatrice Marshall, ''Old Blackfriars: A Story of the Days of Anthony Van Dyck'' (1901), Kessinger Publishing, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Samson and Delilah 1630 paintings Religious paintings by Anthony van Dyck Paintings in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealt ...
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