" Samson And Delilah" by Antony van Dyck is a famous painting depicting a mand gruesome death. Van Dyck used several artistic sources for the present painting: one detail of the scene – Samson’s desperately grasping the leg of the traitress – is borrowed from a work by Titian. With this adaptation van Dyck introduced a significant change of interpretation that became characteristic of his work, although it derives from Rubens with regard to its landscape format and the diagonal depiction of Samson’s gestures. Delilah’s dismay at betraying her lover is mingled with grief over her loss. She seems to regret her treacherous act, or at least is painfully moved by its dramatic consequence. Van Dyck “sentimentalises” the event, while Rubens had portrayed Delilah as an unscrupulous seductress and Samson as a captive, entirely occupied with fending off the soldiers.
About the Canvas Prints
Samson And Delilah by Anthony van Dyck. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. Your image gets printed onto our premium processed canvases and then stretched on a white maple wooden frame (gallery wrap) or framed inside black maple (framed canvas). Your canvas print will be shipped within 4 days in "ready to frame" condition for normal rolled and "ready to hang" condition for frames and wraps with pre-attached hanging wire and/or mounting points.