Cultural References To Samson - Art

Art

Samson has been a popular subject for painting and sculpture:

• Alexander Anderson, Samson Fighting the Lion, ca. 1800 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Jean Audran, after F. Verdier, The Burial of Samson, ca. 1700 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino), Samson and the Honeycomb, ca. 1657 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Niccolu Boldrini, after Titian, Samson and Delilah, ca. 1540-1545, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Boucicaut Master, Samson and the Lion, 1415, Getty Museum
• Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Samson and Delilah, ca. 1500 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Lovis Corinth, Samson Blinded, 1912
• Giuseppe Caletti (Il Cremonese), Samson and Delilah, ca. 1625 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Lucas Cranach the Elder, Samson and Delilah, 1529
  • Samson's Fight with the Lion, 1520–25
• Salomon de Bray, Samson with the Jawbone, 1636 Getty Museum
• Gerard de Jode, Samson Tying the Firebrands to the Foxes' Tails, ca. 1550 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Etienne Delaune, Samson Setting Fire to the Wheat of the Philistines, ca. 1575 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• H.B. (John Doyle), Samson and Delilah, ca. 1800 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Gustave Doré, Death of Samson, 1865
  • Samson and Delilah, 1865
  • Samson Carrying Away the Gates of Gaza, 1865
  • Samson Destroying the Philistines, 1865
  • Samson Destroys the Temple, 1866
  • Samson Fighting with the Lion, ca. 1496
  • Samson Slaying a Lion, 1865
• Albrecht Dürer, Delilah Cuts Samson's Hair, 1493
• Josephus Farmer, Samson, 1982, Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Philip Galle, Samson Fighting the Lion, ca. 1600 Lutheran Brotherhood's Collection of Religious Art
• Giambologna, Samson Slaying a Philistine, c. 1562.
• Luca Giordano, Samson and Delilah, ca. 1675 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Guercino, Samson Captured by the Philistines
• Reinhold Hoberg, Samson and Delilah, ca. 1900 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Lord Frederic Leighton, Illustrations for Dalziel's Bible Gallery, 1881, Tate Gallery:
  • Samson and the Lion
  • Samson Carrying the Gates
  • Samson at the Mill
• Andrea Mantegna, Samson and Delilah, ca. 1500
• Jacob Matham after Peter Paul Rubens, Samson and Delilah, 1613
• Matthaeus Merian the Elder, 1625–30, Samson and Delilah
  • Samson and the Gates
  • Samson's Strange Weapon
  • Samson Slays a Lion
• Michelangelo, Samson and Two Philistines, ca. 1530-50
• Aureliano Milani, Samson Slaying the Philistines, 1720 National Gallery, Canada
• Erasmus Quellinus, Samson Killing the Lion, ca. 1650 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Archie Rand, Samson, contemporary Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
• Guido Reni, The Triumph of Samson, 1611–12
• Rembrandt van Rijn, The Blinding of Samson, 1636
  • Delilah Calls the Philistines, ca. 1655
  • The Sacrifice of Menoah, 1641
  • Samson Accusing His Father-In-Law, 1635
  • Samson Betrayed by Delilah, 1629–30
  • Samson Putting Forth His Riddles at the Wedding Feast, 1638
• Kirk Richards, Delilah, 1997
• Paul Roorda, Samson, contemporary
• Peter Paul Rubens, The Death of Samson, ca. 1605 Getty Museum
  • Samson is Seized, 1609–10
• Jacob Savery I, Samson Wrestling with the Lion, (after), ca. 1595 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Hans Leonhard Schaufelein, Samson Destroying the Temple, Fifteenth to Sixteenth centuries Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Solomon Joseph Solomon, Samson and Delilah, 1887 Walker Art Gallery
• Jan Steen, Samson and Delilah, 1667–70
• Matthias Stom, Samson and Delilah, 1630s
• James Tissot, 1896-1900. Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Samson Breaks His Cords
  • Samson Kills a Young Lion
  • Samson Puts Down the Pillars
  • Samson Slays a Thousand Men
• Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1851-60' World Mission Collection, The Death of Samson
  • Samson Kills the Lion
  • Samson Kills the Philistines
  • Samson is Seized
• Christiaen vanCouwenbergh, The Capture of Samson, 1630
• Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Samson and Delilah, 1620.
• Gerrit van Honthorst, Samson and Delilah, ca. 1615.
• Israhel van Meckenem the Younger, Samson and the Lion, ca. 1475 National Gallery of Art
• Frans van den Wyngaerde, Samson Killing the Lion, ca. 1650 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Claes Jansz Visscher the Elder, Delilah Cutting Samson's Hair, ca. 1610. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Les Drysdale, Samson, contemporary
• Jean-Michel Basquiat, Obnoxious Liberals, 1982. L. Broad Collection, Los Angeles (A painting mixing a depiction of the shorn Samson in chains with a slave auction and a contemporary art collector).

Anonymous:

• Samson Destroying the Pillars of the Philistine Temple, ca. 1600. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Display Cabinet (with figure of Delilah cutting Samson's Hair), 1620s. Getty Museum.
• The Women at the Tomb (with scene from Samson and the Lion), Unknown German, c. 1170s. Getty Museum
• Samson Destroys the Temple, Unknown German Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco