Samson and Delilah

Peter Paul Rubens

c. 1609–1610 · Oil on panel · National Gallery, London

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About this work

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
Year: c. 1609–1610
Medium: Oil on panel
Original size: 185 × 205 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Baroque

Samson sleeps in Delilah's lap, his dark head against her crimson skirt, while a young man snips his hair with crossed hands and an old woman holds a candle to light the work; in the doorway at the right Philistine soldiers wait with a torch, and in a niche behind stand Venus and a Cupid with his mouth bound. Rubens painted it around 1609 to 1610, just back from Italy and full of Caravaggio's lighting and Venetian colour, for his friend Nicolaas Rockox, burgomaster of Antwerp, to hang above the high mantelpiece of his house, which is why the scene is composed to be seen from below. Sold after Rockox's death in 1640, it reached the Liechtenstein collection around 1700, was catalogued there under an assistant's name, and vanished after a Paris sale in 1880 until Ludwig Burchard recognised it in 1929. The National Gallery in London bought it at Christie's in 1980; it is NG6461.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Samson and Delilah in the public domain?

Yes. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Samson and Delilah painted, and in what medium?

Samson and Delilah dates from c. 1609–1610 and was made in oil on panel; the original measures 185 × 205 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Samson and Delilah (Peter Paul Rubens) — Samson and Delilah · Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1609–1610. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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