Samson and Delilah (van Dyck, London)
Samson and Delilah is a 1620 painting by Anthony van Dyck. He produced it just after his return from Italy and shortly before leaving for London[1] It was heavily inspired by his tutor Rubens's version of the same subject and for a long time was attributed to Rubens. Van Dyck inverted the composition and showed Delilah in white chalk make-up and heavily rouged cheeks, the makeup traditionally worn by Parisian prostitutes. The painting is now held in the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London.[2] He returned to the subject in 1630.
References
- ^ Christopher White, "Anthony Van Dyck: Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arundel", Getty Publications, 1995
- ^ http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/101-150/samson-and-delilah/
- http://www.artble.com/artists/anthony_van_dyck/paintings/samson_and_delilah
- Beatrice Marshall, Old Blackfriars: A Story of the Days of Anthony Van Dyck (1901), Kessinger Publishing, 2009
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