Art Institute of Chicago, Robert A. Waller Memorial FundCC0 (public domain) · 2,966 × 2,250 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF
1609–1610 · Art Institute of Chicago
The Capture of Samson
painting by Peter Paul Rubens
- Date
- 1609–1610 (known to the century)WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1609–10
- Medium
- Oil on panelArt Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- 50.4 × 66.4 cmArt Institute of Chicago
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Genre
- religious artWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1923.551Wikidata
- Credit line
- Robert A. Waller Memorial FundArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- Dates unknownArt Institute of Chicagomedium confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
Detroit Institute of Arts, Eighth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters. Paintings by Anthony van Dyck, April 3 - April 20, 1929, no. 10, as Van Dyck.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress. Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1 – November 1, 1933, no. 77.
Detroit Institute of Arts, An Exhibition of Sixty Paintings and some Drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, February 13 – March 15, 1936, no. 37.
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, Nicolas Poussin, Peter Paul Rubens, 5 February – 8 March, 1948, no. 1.
New York, Wildenstein, A Loan Exhibition of Rubens, February 20 –March 31, 1951, no. 3.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Olieverfschetsen van Rubens, 1953, no. 6.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, January 14 – February 29, 1956 and New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, March 20 – April 28, 1956, Drawings and Oil Sketches by P. P. Rubens from American Collections, no. 28.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, September 4 – November 22, 1992, Von Bruegel bis Rubens. Das goldene Jahrhundert der flämische Malerei, cat. 44.4; Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, December 12, 1992 – March 8, 1993; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, April 2– June 20, 1993.
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches by Peter Paul Rubens, 11 June 2005 – 11 September 2005, no. 3.
London, National Gallery, Rubens: A Master in the Making, 26 October 2005 – 15 January 2006, no. 73.
Antwerp, Rockexhuis, Samson and Delilah: A Ruben Painting Returns, November 16, 2007–February 10, 2008, cat. 4;Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, February 29 – May 25, 2008.
Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, Rubens: Painter of Sketches, April 9– August 5, 2018, cat. 6; Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beunigen, September 9, 2018 – January 13, 2019.
San Francisco, Legion of Honor Museum, Early Rubens, April 6 - September 8, 2019, no cat. no.; Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario, October 12, 2019 - January 5, 2020.
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago8953
- Wikimedia CommonsPeter Paul Rubens - The Capture of Samson - 1923.551 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg
- inventory number1923.551
- WikidataQ20266389
- Fame rank#29816 (0 Wikipedia articles)

