Samson and Delilah, beyond Samson forces two columns and causes the temple to collapse;

Anonymous / Unknown (after Maarten van Heemskerck)

Samson and Delilah, beyond Samson forces two columns and causes the temple to collapse;

Year: 1553

From: Martinus . Hemskerck. Inventor / Hieronimus. Cock. excud. 1553

Location: The British Museum, London

External link: www.britishmuseum.org

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemple

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Edited by: Chiara Petrolini

Jewel depicting Samson knocking down the columns of the Temple of Dagon [1600]

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemples

Wierix, Antoine

Principibus Samson fatum crudele parabat, Dum basin frangit Utramque manu (1643)

from: Claes Jansz Visscher; Nicolaus Johannis Piscator, Theatrum Biblicum: Hoc est historiæ sacræ Veteris et Novi Testamenti tabulis æneis expressæ, [Amsterdam] C.J. Visscher, 1643

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemples

Sichem, Christoffel van, de Jonge

Samson's Death (1646)

from: Sichem, Christoffel van, de Jonge; B. Blens; J. Klooster, Bybels lusthof, ofte Twee hondert en veertig, zoo historien als leeringen des Bybels; uyt het Oude- en Nieuwe Testament, met de scriftuurplaatsen daar toe dienendeBybels lusthof, ofte Twee hondert en veertig, zoo historien als leeringen des Bybels; uyt het Oude- en Nieuwe Testament, met de scriftuurplaatsen daar toe dienende, Jan Klooster, Amsterdam 1740, p. 69 [It appears also in: Christoffel van Sichem, Bibels Tresoor ofte der zielen lusthof. Amsterdam, P.J. Paets, 1646]

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemples