Samson holding the jaw bone of an ass over his head and standing next to the Philistines he has just killed, more dead bodies in the background, a tapered composition with rounded top, after Reni 1635 - 1660
flaminiotorretorri
themetropolitanmuseumofart
drawing, print, engraving
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drawing
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baroque
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death
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figuration
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form
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men
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line
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genre-painting
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history-painting
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nude
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engraving
Flaminio Torre's "Samson holding the jawbone of an ass over his head and standing next to the Philistines he has just killed, more dead bodies in the background, a tapered composition with rounded top, after Reni" is a 17th-century etching that depicts the biblical story of Samson. Torre's etching is after Guido Reni's painting, which was a popular subject for artists of the time. This etching is a fine example of Baroque art and is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The dramatic composition and detailed figures in the etching demonstrate Torre's skill as an artist.
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