MAKE A MEME View Large Image Workshop of Girolamo Lanfranco the elder - Plate with Samson Killing the Philistines - Walters 481325.jpg The Old Testament hero Samson was a traditional emblem of virtue and his slaying of the Philistines symbolized the triumph of good ...
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Keywords: Workshop of Girolamo Lanfranco the elder - Plate with Samson Killing the Philistines - Walters 481325.jpg The Old Testament hero Samson was a traditional emblem of virtue and his slaying of the Philistines symbolized the triumph of good over evil The subject offered the opportunity to depict bulky muscular figures in frenzied action with streams of blood trickling from the wounds caused by the spears The action is set off by the serenity of the landscape ca 1540 1550 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 4 1 29 8 accession number 48 1325 8033 H Wencke Collection Hamburg date and mode of acquisition unknown no 15 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 place of origin Pesaro Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Media from the Walters Art Museum no creator template Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Pesaro maiolica
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