Detail View: The AMICA Library: Samson
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1972.50
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Valentin
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1594 - 1632
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Valentin
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Title:
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Samson
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1630
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Creation Start Date:
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1625
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Creation End Date:
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1635
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 135.6cm x 102.8cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1972.50
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Credit Line:
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Palazzo Barberini, Rome (1633 inventory), by descent to the Colonna de Sciarra family (1812, Rome sale 1899, as Caroselli); Edoardo Almagiá, Rome
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Context:
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This painting was commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Barberini, one of the major collectors in Rome in the 1600s. The Barberini family emblem--the bee--appears as a clasp on Samson's left shoulder.Samson is portrayed as a melancholic, brooding figure. At his side is the jawbone of an ass, used to kill 1,000 men, as in the biblical account.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1972.50.tif
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