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title: Delilah Shears a Lock of Samson's Hair
author:  Lucas Cranach the Elder
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15286/delilah-shears-a-lock-of-samsons-hair/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Delilah Shears a Lock of Samson's Hair

_Authored by  Lucas Cranach the Elder_

## Image File

[![Delilah Shears a Lock of Samson's Hair](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15286.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15286.jpg)

## Image Caption

Painting depicting an [Old Testament](https://www.worldhistory.org/Old_Testament/) scene where the Israelite judge [Samson](https://www.worldhistory.org/Samson/) sleeps on his lover Delilah's lap while the latter shears a lock of his hair to drain his super-human strength. Oil on beech. Created by Lucas Cranach the Elder around 1528–30.

Located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Elder, . C. t. (2022, February 21). Delilah Shears a Lock of Samson's Hair. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15286/delilah-shears-a-lock-of-samsons-hair/>
### Chicago
Elder, Lucas Cranach the. "Delilah Shears a Lock of Samson's Hair." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 21, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15286/delilah-shears-a-lock-of-samsons-hair/>.
### MLA
Elder, Lucas Cranach the. "Delilah Shears a Lock of Samson's Hair." *World History Encyclopedia*, 21 Feb 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15286/delilah-shears-a-lock-of-samsons-hair/>.

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