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Simson en Delila

Giuseppe Caletti

1605 - 1665

Medium

etching

Dimensions

h 130mm × w 149mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper

Object Type

Subject Matter

Samson's hairlocks are cut off by Delilah; story of Samson and Delilah (Judges 16:4-21)

Production Place

Italy

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1970

Notes

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Collection Type

prints

About Giuseppe Caletti

1590–1670

Comment on works: Religious

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