The Capture of Samson

Samsó's capture is an oil painting on canvas made by Christiaen van Couwenbergh in 1630, depicting the scene in which Delilah brings Samsó and delivers it to the Philistines, narrated in the Old Testament. The painting shows the moment when a barber cuts the hair of the Hebrew hero, after he has been asleep by his lover, Delila.