Samson Firing the Grain of the Philistines
Samson is represented as a hero, clothed in a Roman cuirass and buskins. He holds in his right hand the staff of a flaming torch, while with his left he applies a lighted taper to the standing grain. Near him a fox, twisting its body, also sets fire to the wheat with a brand a...
Artifact
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1616
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, December 8, 1910, no. 129; George Robinson Harding, London, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.342 |
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Medium
painted enamel on copper
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