Art Reproductions Samson`s Fight with the Lion, 1525 by Lucas Cranach The Elder (1472-1553, Germany) | WahooArt.com

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"Samson's Fight with the Lion"

Lucas Cranach The Elder (i) - Oil On Panel (i) - 1525 - (Kunstsammlungen (Weimar, Germany)) (i) - Northern Renaissance (i)
Samson demonstrated his superhuman strength by slaying a lion with his bare hands. He is depicted with foot in its back, grasping its jaws in his hands and forcing them apart. Combat with a single adversary was a subject that naturally tended to acquire a symbolic meaning. This instance was interpreted by the medieval Church as the struggle of Christ against the devil.

 




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