![Rembrandt - Samson and Delilah [1628]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/16471779405_2b8d974c49_o.jpg)
The story of Samson's fatal passion for Delilah is told in the Old Testament (Judges 16:4-6, 16-21). Bribed by his Philistine enemies, she cozens Samson into revealing the source of his supernatural strength: his uncut hair. As he lies asleep in her lap during a night of love, she calls in a barber to cut off 'the seven locks of his head.’
[Gemäldegalerie, Berlin - Oil on oak panel, 61 x 50 cm]