Samson sets fire to the Philistines' cornfields by tying foxes two by two with their tails together and hanging a burning torch between them. Samson sends the foxes into the cornfield. Below the depiction a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Ri. 15, Samson sets fire to the cornfields of the Philistines History of Samson Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti , print maker: Antonie Wierix (II), Jan Snellinck (I), publisher: Gerard de Jode, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1585, paper, engraving, h 215 mm × w 294 mm

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