Francesco Morone, Samson and Delilah

First quarter of the 16th century
Color on wood
Musao Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy

The image presents the moment when Delilah "made him [Samson] sleep upon her knees, and lay his head in her bosom. And she called a barber, and shaved his seven locks" (Judges 16:19).

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