# Samson Slaying the Philistine

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TETRODE, Willem Danielsz van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tetrode-willem-danielsz-van-r7164f90267910e>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Bronze, height 38 cm

## Commentary

During his time in Italy \(c. 1548-1567\), Tetrode mastered anatomical studies, creating a variety of bronzes of heroic men with rippling muscles. His preference for exaggerated musculature is manifest in the present vigorously modeled and dynamic cast of the two struggling figures.

## Related artworks

- [Hercules Pomarius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tetrode-willem-danielsz-van-r7164f90267910e/hercules-pomarius-r1562a996fb513a>)
- [Hercules Pomarius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tetrode-willem-danielsz-van-r7164f90267910e/hercules-pomarius-r74f2c69c36c230>)
- [Nude Warrior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tetrode-willem-danielsz-van-r7164f90267910e/nude-warrior-re9cdac25d399ab>)
- [Nude Warrior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tetrode-willem-danielsz-van-r7164f90267910e/nude-warrior-reba37123ff28c5>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)