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Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

The genius of painting, preferring sacred to secular history, brings to the public the history of Samson, and writes a dedication to E. Colbert. Etching by J. Gillet and F. Verdier after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson's crushed body is borne away by his brethren. Engraving by J. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.

God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.

The young Samson excels on the battlefield. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson is entombed. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson releases himself from his bonds; Delilah and the Philistines are astonished. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson carries the gates of Gaza up to the mount of Hebron. Etching by J. Taylor after F. Verdier, 1698.

The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson brings the house down upon himself and the Philistines. Engraving by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.

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Verdier, François, 1651-1730

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The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson releases himself from his bonds; Delilah and the Philistines are astonished. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.

God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.

The genius of painting, preferring sacred to secular history, brings to the public the history of Samson, and writes a dedication to E. Colbert. Etching by J. Gillet and F. Verdier after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson's crushed body is borne away by his brethren. Engraving by J. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.