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Samson Drugging the Cat

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Art of Samson and other historic or mythological figures drugging their pets.

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TBH, this is an excuse to dig through art archives and find neat works of art to post that are vaguely related to the topic.

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Image description: statue of Samson attempting to open the mouth of a lion whose mouth is firmly shut.

Found at: https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj20453994

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You: Can we get Samson sculptures?

Mom: We have Samson sculptures at home.

*The Samson sculptures at home:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It really is a dreadful depiction of a lion. It's like the artist knew "it's like a cat, but bigger. And has claws. And no ears."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The whole thing screams amateur.