Unknown & Antoine Pesne
Samson and Delilah
About this artwork
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artists:
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title:Samson and Delilah
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date created:1700 - 1799
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materials:Pen, wash and red chalk on paper
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credit line:William Finlay Watson Bequest 1881
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accession number:D 3264
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Antoine Pesne
Antoine Pesne
French-born Antoine Pesne initially trained as an artist with his father, the painter Thomas Pesne, and his great-uncle, Charles de la Fosse, before studying at the Académie in Paris. Sometime after 1703 he left for Italy, visiting Rome and Naples before settling in Venice. In 1707 his portrait of...