18th century Cuzco school The parents of Samson (prefiguring - Lot 347

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18th century Cuzco school The parents of Samson (prefiguring - Lot 347
18th century Cuzco school The parents of Samson (prefiguring Christ) kneeling before an altar sacrificing the head of an ox, surmounted by an angel, against a landscape animated by exotic birds. Oil on canvas 76 x 112 cm This iconography refers to a passage from the Old Testament Book of Judges (Judges 13:19-20). Prefiguring the birth of Christ, an angel appears and announces to an Israelite couple the birth of Samson, a son devoted to God. Thanking him, the couple sacrificed a kid as an offering to Yahweh. The kid is often replaced by an ox's head in Christian iconography.
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