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Deception

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Truthfulness and falsehood

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Images about Deception

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  • David steals a spear and jug from Saul, who lies deep in a sleep imposed by God. Engraving.
  • Joseph's brothers show his coat, apparently soaked in his blood, to Jacob, who mourns. Etching.
  • Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Mezzotint by A. von Prenner after A. Varotari, il Padovanino, ca. 1720.
  • A toothdrawer concealing the key from the patient. Oil painting by Luciano Nezzo.
  • Subtle the alchemist, posing as an astrologer, being visited by Abel Drugger, in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1791, after J. Graham.
  • The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692.
  • A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares. Etching.
  • A French tooth-drawer wearing a turban and pretending to be Turkish in order to attract clients, holding a large tooth and an enormous tooth extractor. Engraving by N. Dupuis after F. Eisen.
  • Judith puts the head of Holofernes into her maid's bag. Etching (?) after H. Goltzius.
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Works from the collections

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    Judith puts the head of Holofernes into her maid's bag. Etching (?) after H. Goltzius.

    Hendrik Goltzius | Reference: 20970i
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    Peter denies knowledge of Christ; men play cards. Engraving by R. Delaunay after Marchais after D. Teniers.

    David Teniers the Younger | Date: 1809 | Reference: 22993i
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    Psychiatry : the science of lies / Thomas Szasz.

    Thomas Szasz | Date: 2008
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    A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.

    Maerten de Vos | Date: [between 1560 and 1569?] | Reference: 26754i
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    The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.

    François-Alexandre Verdier | Date: 1698 | Reference: 18455i
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Related topics

Apostles
Death
Heroines in literature
Women heroes
Head
Women in Judaism
Decapitation
Christianity
Soldiers
Sleep

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