Artist: Lucas Cranach The Elder
Style: Northern Renaissance
Topic: Animals Myths Religious Wars
Date: 1525
Museum: Kunstsammlungen (Weimar, Germany)
Technique: Oil On Panel
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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