Samson and Delilah

Provenance

Where it has been

1. after 1621 – at least 1701
   Possibly Marchése Tommaso Raggi (1595/6–1676), Genoa and Rome, and descendants
   high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art

   “Possibly Marchése Tommaso Raggi (1595/6–1676), Genoa and Rome, and descendants (after 1621–at least 1701) [notes: In his dissertation, Jan Miel (1599-1644): a Flemish painter in Rome, Thomas Kren suggests that a painting of Dalida (Delilah was referred to as Dalida in Chaucer) by Honthorst that was lent to an exhibition at San Salvatore in Lauro in 1701 by Raggi’s heirs may be the CMA picture.  ]”

2. before 1967 –
   [possibly] in the collection of the Ruspoli family, Rome, until sold to an art dealer
   high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art

   “[possibly] in the collection of the Ruspoli family, Rome, until sold to an art dealer (before 1967) [notes: According to the dealer who sold the painting to the Hazlitt Gallery, the Honthorst had been in the collection of the Ruspoli family, a noble Italian family with origins traceable to the thirteenth century.  ]”

3. until 1967 –
   (Dealer, Rome, sold to the Hazlitt Gallery)
   purchase
   high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art

   “(Dealer, Rome, sold to the Hazlitt Gallery) (until 1967)”

4. March 9, 1968 –
   (Hazlitt Gallery, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
   purchase
   high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art

   “(Hazlitt Gallery, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (9 March 1968)”

5. 1968 – present
   The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
   purchase
   high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art

   “The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (1968–present)”