Dramatic depiction of the betrayal of Samson by Delilah, taken from the old testament of the Bible, the book of Judges, chapter 16. Samson, a tanned, muscular man in a dark blue loincloth, seen from the back, lies sleeping with his head in the lap of the almost naked figure of Delilah. Delilah, who is very fair-skinned, leans back and to the right with arms raised and elbows bent. Two dark-skinned soldiers in close fitting caps creep in from the left to cut off Samson's hair, which will take away his superhuman strength. The foremost soldier, dressed in a chainmail tunic, has a pair of clippers and is already cutting off Samson's brown curls. Delilah's eyes look down at her accomplice's action; her eyebrows are arched and her mouth poised. Both of her wrists are decorated with bracelets.