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Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

The young Samson excels on the battlefield. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson is entombed. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

Saint Cecilia: she gives her possessions to the poor. Engraving by G.B. de Poilly after N. de Poilly after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp is wriggling up the left arm of the sleeping Cleopatra. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after a statue in the Vatican.

Saint Cecilia: her death. Engraving by G.B. de Poilly after N. de Poilly after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

The nativity of Christ with a donor. Engraving by J-B. de Poilly after G. Ferrari.

Samson kills the lion with his bare hands. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

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Poilly, Jean-Baptiste de, 1669-1728

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The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp is wriggling up the left arm of the sleeping Cleopatra. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after a statue in the Vatican.

Samson is entombed. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

The nativity of Christ with a donor. Engraving by J-B. de Poilly after G. Ferrari.

Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

Samson kills the lion with his bare hands. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.