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Samson and a Philistine

sculpture by Giambologna

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  • Giambologna: Mercury
    In Giambologna

    His Samson and a Philistine (1567; Victoria and Albert Museum, London) displays violence and anguish in a masterfully contrived composition that recalls such complex Hellenistic pieces as the Laocoön. Rape of a Sabine (1579–83; Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence), while uncluttered and monumental, is even more complex.…

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