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Source Description
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 attached to its tail. In the left background a village is ablaze.
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Document identity
localId
1616
label
Samson Firing the Grain of the Philistines
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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1616
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object
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normalized
title
Samson Firing the Grain of the Philistines
description
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 attached to its tail. In the left background a village is ablaze.
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.
date
1525-1575 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.3
height
10
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/2 x W: 3 15/16 in. (6.3 x 10 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamel on copper
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7722
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REN
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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3bfaf7266c032b5e