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Samson Sets Fire to the Cornfields of the Philistines
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Samson sets fire to the Philistine cornfields by tying foxes two by two with their tails together and hanging a burning torch between them. Samson sends the foxes into the cornfield. Above the scene a title. Below it six lines of verse and a reference to Judges 15: 4-5. The print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSimson steekt de korenvelden van de Filistijnen in brand. 1645 - 1646. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
