Giovan francesco capoferri based on a drawing by lorenzo lotto, samson kills a thousand philistines with a donkey's jaw, 1529-33. Various episodes are depicted: in lechi samson is delivered tied to the philistines, the ropes disintegrate, samson kills the philistines with a donkey's jawbone. In gaza he spends time with a prostitute, escapes an ambush by the philistines who were waiting for him to leave the palace, unhinges the city gate and carries them on his shoulders up to the mountain overlooking hebron. Inlays of the lay choir of santa maria maggiore in bergamo.
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