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Samson sets fire to the cornfields of the Philistines
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Samson sets fire to the cornfields of the Philistines

Antonie Wierix (II) · 1585 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Samson sets fire to the grain fields of the Philistines by tying foxes in pairs with their tails together and hanging a burning torch between them. Samson drives the foxes into the grain field. Below the image, a reference in Latin to the biblical text in Judges 15.

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Credit lineSimson steekt de korenvelden van de Filistijnen in brand. 1585. Antonie Wierix (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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