Samson and Delilah (van Dyck, London)

Samson and Delilah is a 1620 painting by Anthony van Dyck.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.

[1][2] He returned to the subject in 1630.

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