That muscular back! Those fleshy breasts! The National Gallery’s ‘fake’ Rubens looks very real to me
- Posted on June 18, 2025
- By The Guardian
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That muscular back! Those fleshy breasts! The National Gallery’s ‘fake’ Rubens looks very real to me

How can anyone call Rubens’ sumptuous masterpiece Samson and Delilah a ‘fake’ and ‘a shoddy artefact’? The Flemish master is simply doing a superb job of copying his own favourite outlaw artist