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Muscle strength

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Exercise
Physical Fitness
Muscles

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Images about Muscle strength

23 images from works
  • Samson carries the gates of Gaza out of the city. Woodcut.
  • Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • Baby Krishna tied to a mortar which is caught in between two trees resulting in their uprooting, surrounded by a decorative border. Wood engraving (?).
  • The young Samson excels on the battlefield. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Strength, and how to obtain it / by Eugen Sandow ; with anatomical chart, illustrating the exercises for physical development ; illustrated with several full page portraits of the author.
  • Samson releases himself from his bonds; Delilah and the Philistines are astonished. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Head of a man endowed, according to Lavater, with the capacity for profound thought. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Samson carries the gates of Gaza up to the mount of Hebron. Etching by J. Taylor after F. Verdier, 1698.
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Works from the collections

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    A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

    Richard Westall | Reference: 18362i
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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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    Samson releases himself from his bonds; Delilah and the Philistines are astonished. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.

    François-Alexandre Verdier | Date: 1698 | Reference: 18453i
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    The presentation of the young Virgin Mary at the Temple. Engraving by B. Eredi after F. Zuccaro.

    Federico Zuccari | Reference: 21163i
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    Saint Andrew holding his cross with another saint seated on a cloud behind him. Etching by G. Bonasone after Michelangelo, 1541.

    Michelangelo | Reference: 23011i
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Related topics

Battles
Deception
Muscles
Philistines
Imprisonment
Weapons
Body armor
Head
Face
Characters and characteristics

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