Samson and delilah rembrandt van rijn biography

Lastman remained an important source of subjects for Rembrandt's paintings in his later years, much as Lucas van Leyden was for his etchings.

Yet within two or three years of studying with him, the young artist had clearly struck off on his own path, in collaboration with his contemporary Jan Lievens, also a former pupil of Lastman. Around 1625, the two artists worked closely together in Leiden and formed a relationship that was to prove an important spur to their creative imaginations.

Samson and delilah rembrandt van rijn biography wikipedia

Huygens accurately distinguished between the different sizes then favoured by the two artists, which are confirmed by their paintings. These also reveal that they shared certain subjects that were independent of their apprenticeship with Lastman, consciously extending beyond their master's range.

The most notable of these is Samson and Delilah, the subject of one painting by Rembrandt and another one by Lievens of about 1