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Claude Mellan|Nicolas Viennot

Delilah preparing to cut Samson's hair with scissors in her right hand, below her chest are the head and shoulders of the sleeping Samson

ca. 1630
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15.3 × 11.4 cm (6 × 4.5 in)

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