The Wedding Feast of Samson

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1638 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn
The Wedding of Samson
ArtistRembrandt Edit this on Wikidata
Year1638
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions126 cm (50 in) × 175 cm (69 in)
LocationGemäldegalerie Alte Meister
CollectionStaatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Edit this on Wikidata
Accession No.Gal.-Nr. 1560 Edit this on Wikidata
IdentifiersRKDimages ID: 47564
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The Wedding Feast of Samson is a 1638 oil-on-canvas painting by Rembrandt. It was acquired for his collection in Dresden by Augustus II of Poland (who was also elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I). It first appeared in that collection's inventory in 1722–1728 and is now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

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  • Samson (1914)
  • Samson and Delilah (1922)
  • Samson and Delilah (1949)
  • Aurat (1953)
  • Samson (1961)
  • Gideon and Samson: Great Leaders of the Bible (1965)
  • Samson and Delilah (1984)
  • Aaj Ka Samson (1991)
  • Samson and Delilah (1996)
  • Samson (2018)
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  • Samson (Handel)
  • Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saëns)
  • "Samson and Delilah" (traditional song)
  • "Sam and Delilah" (Gershwin)
  • "Samson" (Emly Starr)
  • "Delilah" (The Dresden Dolls)
  • "Samson" (Regina Spektor)
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'Samson Slaying a Philistine' by Giambologna
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