The biblical figure of Samson has long been understood as a man of brute strength, a warrior on the margins of society whose story is often defined by violence and destruction. Yet alongside his ...

This sale includes three works on paper by Johan Zoffany, R.A (lots 162-164). The drawings once formed part of a larger group of fifty-three works that Zoffany assembled in the late 1790s and that, in ...

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Samson’s story is told in the Book of Judges, Chapters 13-16. In the biblical ...