The authenticity of a Rubens masterpiece in London's National Gallery is being questioned by art historian Euphrosyne ...

Gaudy colours, messy brushwork, even a set of missing toes. The debate about the authenticity of a Rubens’s masterpiece ...

A dispute over the authenticity of a prized Rubens at London's National Gallery has been reignited, but do the claims have ...

Old Master paintings are in theory scarce but in reality there are plenty around and in the case of Peter Paul Rubens around ...

A spokesman for the National Gallery said: “Samson and Delilah has long been accepted by leading Rubens scholars as a masterpiece by Peter Paul Rubens. Painted on wood panel in oil shortly after ...

“In the 17th century it would be considered an unacceptable fiasco,” she said of one cherub featured, adding Rubens would never have chopped off Samson’s toes. In a forthcoming lecture at ...

Concerns over whether Peter Paul Rubens painted the Samson and Delilah picture in the National Gallery have been reignited by new evidence. The painting depicts the Old Testament story where ...

Concerns over whether Peter Paul Rubens painted the Samson and Delilah picture in the National Gallery have been reignited by new evidence. The painting depicts the Old Testament story where Israelite ...

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A story of seduction, betrayal, and divine forces, it is no surprise that the Biblical duet between the blessed Nazirite, Samson, and the beautiful Philistine, Delilah, became an opera beloved by ...

Thomas Samson Jr., 88, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 17, 2025, at the Greenville Center in Smithfield, RI, with his loving family and devoted caregivers at his side. He was the ...