# Samson Blinded [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CORINTH, Lovis]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 130 x 105 cm ## Commentary Lovis Corinth's art, with that of Max Slevogt, proved central to building the foundations of German Expressionism. The subject of Samson Blinded is ideally suited to Corinth's profound pictorial involvement with passion and its price. Samson, the Old Testament strongman was popular in Northern European art, abounding <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/cranach/lucas\_e/06/3samson.html'\)" href="/html/c/cranach/lucas\_e/06/3samson.html">in the worlds of Cranach</a> and <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/rembrand/15oldtes/08oldtes.html'\)" href="/html/r/rembrand/15oldtes/08oldtes.html">Rembrandt.</a> Corinth's canvas shows how Samson, too long blind to Delilah's evil nature, is now literally blinded by her Philistine henchmen. ## Related artworks - [Easter at Lake Walchen]() - [Emperor's Day in Hamburg]() - [Flowers]() - [In Max Halbe's Garden]() - [Othello, the Negro]() - [Portrait of Julius Meier-Graefe]() - [Portrait of Otto Eckmann]() - [Reclining Nude]() - [Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat]() - [Self-Portrait in Straw Hat]() - [Self-Portrait with His Wife and a Glass of Champage]() - [Self-Portrait with Skeleton]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()