Samson and Delilah (Rubens) was a Hebrew hero known for fighting the Philistines. Having fallen in love with Delilah, who has been bribed by the Philistines, Samson tells her the secret of his great strength: his uncut hair. Without his strength, Samson is captured by the Philistines. Rubens portrays the moment when, having fallen asleep on Delilah's lap, a young man cuts Samson's hair. Samson and Delilah are in a dark room, which is lit mostly by a candle held by an old woman to Delilah's left. Delilah is depicted with all of her clothes, but with her breasts exposed. Her left hand is
Samson and Delilah (Rubens) seen in Frans Fracken the Younger's painting "Banquet at the House of Burgomaster Rockox", where the painting is hanging above the mantlepiece. Jacob Matham, a Haarlem printmaker, used the Cincinnati oil sketch of "Samson and Delilah" as a modello for an engraving he made in circa 1613. The engraving is a reverse image of "Samson and Delilah". Samson and Delilah (Rubens) Samson and Delilah is a painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) which is currently on display in the National Gallery. It dates from about 1609 to 1610. Two preliminary copies of the painting also exist