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1 2 3 JAMES TISSOT "Jael Smote Sisera, and Slew Him" 4 OTTAVIO VANNINI "Jael and Sisera" 5 GREGORIO LAZZARINI "Jael and Sisera" 6 PALMA IL GIOVANE "Yael Killing Sisera" 7 JACOPO AMIGONI "Jael and Sisera" 8
9 TINTORETTO "The Annunciation to Manoah's Wife" 10 CARLO SARACENI "An Angel Appearing to the Wife of Manoah" 11 "The Angel of the Lord Appears to Manoah's Wife" 12 PIETER SYMONSZ POTTER "The Angel Announces to Manoach and His Wife the Birth of Their Son Samson" 13
14 SALOMON DE BRAY "The Angel Leaves Manoah and His Wife" 15 EUSTACHE LE SUEUR "The Sacrifice of Manoah" 16 FRANS POST "Manoah's Sacrifice" 17 PIETER LASTMAN "Sacrificio di Manoach" 18 PIETER LASTMAN "Sacrifice of Manoah" 19 20 BENJAMIN WEST "The Sacrifice of Manoah" 21 JAMES TISSOT "The Angel Ascends Toward Heaven" 22 23 ADRIAEN VAN NIEULANDT "Manoah's Sacrifice" 24 LOUIS GAUFFIER "The Prediction of the Birth of Samson"
25 ANTONIO JOLI "Samson Demolishes the Temple" 26 JOHANN GEORG PLATZER "Samson's Revenge" 27 PHILIP GALLE "Samson Destroying the Temple of the Philistines" 28 GUSTAVE DORÉ "Samson in Dagon Temple" 29 JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD "Samson" 30 "Samson Destroys the Temple" 31 JAMES TISSOT "Samson Pulls Down the Pillars" 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 CHARLES GUÉRIN "Samson Destroys the Temple of Dagon" 44 45 NORMAN ROCKWELL "Samson" 46 Bolognese School "Samson Destroying the Philistine Temple" 47 LORENZO DE CARO "Samson Destroying the House of Philistines" 48 Source Masthead Painting: “GUEST” by Andrey Mironov Over time, some images’ links expire and they disappear |
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33) A tent-peg. At various times in the past, “military surplus” stores have sold foreign bayonets as “tent pegs”. They don’t work very well.
34) Samson.
35) I have no idea.
36) A lot ...
Inspiring and exquisite!
Sisera: What for dinner?
Jael: Stake.
Sisera had a splitting headache...............
These are stories that unleash the imagination and creativity of an artist. Great paintings. Norman Rockwell created his Samson for Cecil DeMille for the movie Samson and Delilah.
Goody.
He got her point>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Memory is a strange and sometimes fickle thing ... answering these quiz questions is reminding me of how much so.
It’s still the only biblical Rockwell I have encountered.
According to legend/myth, one kills a vampire by driving a stake through its heart.
I wonder if this event formed some sort of inspiration for that bit of lore?
You are very brave, and you’re doing great!
Note that she fed him milk.
That stuff will kill ya!..................
Then why did your mother work as a milker?!
She didn’t drink the stuff!..................
...lest we forget my bgf, Artemisia...
And now you know why it’s not ‘kosher’ to serve beef with dairy products!...................
Medical intervention, John.
Yael had him pegged.
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