1619_Samson_Captured_by_Philistines_Guercino.txt http://www.artbible.info/art/large/442.html Il Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) 1591 – 1666 Samson Captured by the Philistines oil on canvas (191 × 237 cm) — 1619 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work is linked to Judges 16:21 Delilah has cut Samson's hair, thereby undoing his invincibility. The Philistines immediately capture their enemy. This early work by Guercino shows a very dramatic scene, but the depiction remains natural. A representative of the Pope in Ferrara commissioned the work, the same man that ordered The return of the prodigal son.