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

Peter Paul RubensWikidata

painting by Peter Paul Rubens

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Date
1609–1610 (known to the century)Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1609–10
Medium
Oil on panelArt Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
50.4 × 66.4 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Genre
religious artWikidata
Inventory no.
1923.551Wikidata
Credit line
Robert A. Waller Memorial FundArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Art Institute of Chicago
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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.
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