Samson and the Lion, from the Story of Samson ca. 1560-80 Anonymous, French, 16th century French This hand-coloured print depicts an episode from the Old Testament story of Samson who had been given supernatural strength by God to combat his enemies and perform heroic feats. His weaknesses were unsuitable women and his hair, without which he was powerless. Here Samson is shown as a young man on his way to the city of Timnah in Canaan to meet a Philistine woman he had fallen in love with. On his way he was attacked by a lion. Without telling his parents, who accompanied him on his journey and are shown at the left, Samson tore the lion apart with his bare hands. The subject and the biblical passage from which the scene derives (Judges 14:6) is printed along the top of the print.The print was published by Denis Fontenay one of a number of publishers who worked on and around the rue de Mongtorgueil in Paris. The prints were made in large numbers and the process of colouring impressions wi

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Samson and the Lion, from the Story of Samson ca. 1560-80 Anonymous, French, 16th century French This hand-coloured print depicts an episode from the Old Testament story of Samson who had been given supernatural strength by God to combat his enemies and perform heroic feats. His weaknesses were unsuitable women and his hair, without which he was powerless. Here Samson is shown as a young man on his way to the city of Timnah in Canaan to meet a Philistine woman he had fallen in love with. On his way he was attacked by a lion. Without telling his parents, who accompanied him on his journey and are shown at the left, Samson tore the lion apart with his bare hands. The subject and the biblical passage from which the scene derives (Judges 14:6) is printed along the top of the print.The print was published by Denis Fontenay one of a number of publishers who worked on and around the rue de Mongtorgueil in Paris. The prints were made in large numbers and the process of colouring impressions wi

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