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Brown wash drawing of a muscular nude man seen from behind, straining against a column, with a crouching figure at lower left.

Samson Breaking the Pillars of the Temple

A muscular male nude seen from behind strains against a column, his torso twisted and head tilted upward, while a smaller figure crouches at lower left. The drawing is rendered in brown wash and pen with heightened highlights on a pale ground.

Artist
Maarten van Heemskerck (eigenhandig gesigneerd)
Date
1550-1560
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1331 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1560.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Rome and Ancient Greece16th centuryrenaissancestudybiblical scenenude figurepen and inkold testamentbrown wash drawingtemplepillarsamsonmaarten van heemskerck

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