Antwerp, Galle, Theodoor, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Haarlem, Philips, History of Samson, Samson defeats the Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey, verso - stamped, Samson was taunted by the Philistines. In anger about this, he kills a large group of men with the jawbone of a donkey. On the right, Samson can be seen drinking water from the jawbone of a donkey to quench his thirst. (The correct reading is that God caused the earth to burst open in the hollow of the valley near Lechi. Water came out and Samson drank from it, so that he regained his strength.) In the background, the reason for the battle is depicted: Samson sets the Philistines' cornfields ablaze with the help of foxes that walk through the fields with burning torches. In the background Samson carrying the gates of Gaza., print, prints, diameter 265 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1633, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), North Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1571 - 1633, publisher
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