Artist: Valentin De Boulogne
Date: 1631
Size: 157 x 125 cm
Technique: Oil On Canvas
The Jewish hero Samson contemplates both his victory over the thousand Philistines he killed with a jawbone of an ass and the Philistine woman he loved and lost. As always, Valentin refuses the more conventional image, in this case of Samson triumphant. The bees buzzing around the lion’s pelt (a reference to another exploit of Samson’s) make allusion to the coat of arms of the Barberini family, as does the bee clasp. The picture was painted for Cardinal Francesco Barberini, who must have enjoyed the fact that Valentin cast himself as the Old Testament hero.
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