Venus Gathering Apples Rembrandt van Rijn Vlieghe (letter on file

Vlieghe (letter on file

of the original in the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp (inv

An early work comparable with the Landscape with a Rider resting in the Museum der Bildenden Künste

and depicts the moment when one of the Philistines tries to cut Samson's hair - the source of his strength - without waking him

Wouwermans evolved a personal style

Venus Gathering Apples Rembrandt van Rijn Vlieghe (letter on fileThis little painting was formerly attributed to Domenichino (1581 1641). Its recent cleaning has confirmed its quality, and it may have originated in the master's studio. A painting in Helsinki's Sinebrychoff Museum, of Apollo and Daphne, repeats the nude figure. Both paintings, not necessarily by the same artist, presumably have their roots in a single drawing, probably of the famous classical statue of Venus Callipygeia ('Venus of the beautiful