Triomf over de dood: Simson draagt de deuren van de poort van Gaza | Hercules doodt de centaur Nessus
c. 1555
- Medium
- panel, paint
- Dimensions
- 46.6 × 15.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-117195
Samson escaped his murderers by wrenching apart the city gate of Gaza hinges and all, and running up the hill. In Heemskerk’s time this scene was considered as the forerunner (prefiguration) of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Hercules also triumphs over deathhere. He kills the centaur Nessus, whose poisonous blood would prove fatal to Hercules years later, resulting in his eternal life on Mount Olympus.
Provenance
Purchased with the support of H.B. van der Ven, The Hague
Registry history
- c. 1555 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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