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"tombstone": "Samson and Delilah, c. 1616. Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590\u20131656). Oil on canvas; framed: 158.4 x 122.5 x 11.8 cm (62 3/8 x 48 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.); case: 139.7 x 177.8 x 28 cm (55 x 70 x 11 in.); unframed: 129 x 94 cm (50 13/16 x 37 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1968.23",
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"title": "Sinners and Saints, Darkness and Light: Caravaggio and His Dutch and Flemish Followers",
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"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\u2019s heirs may be the CMA picture.
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"did_you_know": "Flickering candlelight and a nocturnal setting enhance the furtive nature of Delilah's actions.",
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"description": "In retaliation for Samson\u2019s single-handed decimation of their army, the Philistines bribed his lover Delilah to discover the source of his strength: his hair, uncut since birth. Samson\u2019s hair was shorn as he lay sleeping in Delilah\u2019s lap, draining his strength and allowing the Philistines to capture him. Honthorst intensified the inherent drama of the scene by limiting his depiction to just three closely packed figures, starkly illuminated by a single candle. The old woman\u2019s silencing gesture involves the viewer in the action, making us complicit in Delilah\u2019s deceit.",
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"citation": "\"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums April\u2013June 1968.\" The Art Quarterly XXXI, no. 4 (1968): 433\u2013456.",
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"citation": "Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. \"Gerard Van Honthorst: Samson and Delilah.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 56, no. 9 (1969): 332\u201344.",
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"citation": "\u201cRecent Accessions.\u201d Apollo: The International Magazine of Art & Antiques 91 (May 1970): 400.",
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"citation": "\"Museen und Austellungen.\" Pantheon XXX, no. 1 (Jan/Feb 1972): 54\u201373.",
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"citation": "Nicolson, Benedict. \"Caravaggesques at Cleveland.\" The Burlington Magazine 114, no. 827 (February 1972): 113\u201314.",
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"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/876893."
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"citation": "Kahr, Madlyn. \"Rembrandt and Delilah.\" The Art Bulletin 55, no. 2 (June 1973): 240\u201359.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: . 241, no. 8; Reproduced: p. 243, fig. 4",
"url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/i354270"
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"citation": "Spear, Richard E. Caravaggio and His Followers. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.",
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"citation": "Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
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"citation": "Nicolson, Benedict. The International Caravaggesque Movement: Lists of Pictures by Caravaggio and His Followers Throughout Europe from 1590 to 1650. Oxford: Phaidon, 1979.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: 58; Reproduced: pl. 55 (detail)",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.",
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"citation": "Sumowski, Werner. Gema\u0308lde der Rembrandt-Schu\u0308ler. 6 vols Landau: Edition PVA, 1983.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: vol. 3, p. 1778 (under no. 1183 [Lievens])",
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"citation": "Sutton, Peter C. A Guide to Dutch Art in America. Washington, DC: Netherlands-American Amity Trust, 1986.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 338, fig. 89",
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"citation": "Muller-Hofstede, Justus. \"Artificial Light in Honthorst and Terbrugghen: Form and Iconography.\" In Hendrick ter Brugghen und die Nachfolger Caravaggios in Holland, 13\u201344. Ru\u0308diger Klessmann, ed. Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, 1987.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 26; Reproduced: p. 27, fig. 25.",
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"citation": "Judson, J. Richard. \"New Light on Honthorst.\" In Hendrick ter Brugghen und die Nachfolger Caravaggios in Holland, 111\u2013120 . Ru\u0308diger Klessmann, ed. Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, 1987.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 111, 116; Reproduced: fig. 140",
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"citation": "Klessmann, Ru\u0308diger. Hendrick ter Brugghen und die Nachfolger Caravaggios in Holland. Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, 1987.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 26, fig. 25; Mentioned: n. 125",
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"citation": "Nicolson, Benedict, and Luisa Vertova. Caravaggism in Europe. 3 vols. Torino: U. Allemandi, 1989.",
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"url": null
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"citation": "Kren, Thomas, and Jan Miel. Jan Miel (1599\u20131644): A Flemish Painter in Rome. 1989.",
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"url": null
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{
"citation": "Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 108",
"url": null
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"citation": "Gutbrod, Helga. \"\"Simson und Delila.' Rembrandts Grisaille im Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.\" In Festschrift fu\u0308r Christian Lenz: von Duccio bis Beckmann; anla\u0308sslich seines 60. Geburtstages am 11. Mai 1998. Felix Billeter, Helga Gutbrod, and Andrea Pophanken, 29\u201344. Frankfurt a.M: Verlag Blick in die Welt, 1998.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 31, fig. 2",
"url": ""
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{
"citation": "Kupferberg, Herbert. \"Song of Solomon,\" Stagebill (February 1998): 12\u201316.
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"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 12",
"url": null
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{
"citation": "Sinners & Saints: Darkness and Light : Caravaggio and His Dutch and Flemish Followers. Dennis P. Weller, Leonard J. Slatkes, and Roger B. Ward. Exh. cat. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 128\u201330, cat no. 19; reproduced: p. 221, fig. 3,",
"url": null
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{
"citation": "Papi, Gianni. Gherardo delle Notti: Gerrit Honthorst in Italia. Soncino: Edizioni dei Soncino, 1999.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: 161\u201362; reproduced: pl. 39",
"url": null
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"citation": "Judson, J. Richard, and Rudolf E. O. Ekkart. Gerrit Van Honthorst, 1592\u20131656. Doornspijk, The Netherlands: Davaco, 1999.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 54\u20135, cat. no. 10; Reproduced: pls 4, 4a\u2013b.",
"url": null
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"citation": "The Genius of Rome, 1592\u20131623. Edited by Beverly Louise Brown. Exh cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2001.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 304\u201305; Detail: 313, cat. no 116",
"url": null
},
{
"citation": "Wheelock, Arthur K., Stephanie Dickey, and Jan Lievens. Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered. Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 2008.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 110, fig. 1",
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"citation": "Hilaire, Michel, and Axel He\u0301mery. Corps et ombres: Caravage et le caravagisme europe\u0301en. Exh. cat. Mus\u00e9e des Augustins, Toulouse (June 23\u2013Oct. 14, 2012); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Nov. 11, 2012\u2013Feb. 10, 2013); and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, (Mar. 8\u2013June 16, 2013). Milan: 5 continents, 2012.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 228 no. 52; Reproduced: p. 229",
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"citation": "Caravaggio and His Legacy.J. Patrice Marandel, Gianni Papi, et al. Exh. cat. Los Angeles Museum of Art and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, in association with DelMonico Books / Prestel, 2012.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 121, 163; Reproduced: p. 120",
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"citation": "Neuman, Robert. Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture. Boston, MA : Pearson, 2013.",
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"citation": "Schnackenburg, Bernhard. Jan Lievens: Friend and Rival of the Young Rembrandt: with a Catalogue Raisonne\u0301 of His Early Leiden Work 1623\u20131632. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2016.",
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"citation": "Osnabrugge, Marije. The Neapolitan Lives and Careers of Netherlandish Immigrant Painters (1575\u20131655). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019.",
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"citation": "Lima Taub, Stefanie. \"Celebrate Light: Holiday opportunities for illumination.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 63, no. 4 (2023): 36\u201337.",
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