Samson Slaying the Philistine
by TETRODE, Willem Danielsz van, Bronze, height 38 cm
During his time in Italy (c. 1548-1567), Tetrode mastered anatomical studies, creating a variety of bronzes of heroic men with rippling muscles. His preference for exaggerated musculature is manifest in the present vigorously modeled and dynamic cast of the two struggling figures.