Esther before Ahasuerus

Creator Name

Artemisia Gentileschi

Cultural Context

Date

1620s

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

About the work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Painting

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Title

Esther before Ahasuerus

Creator

Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian, born Rome 1593–died Naples 1654 or later, Artist

Worktype

Paintings

Cultural Context

Material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

82 in. × 8 ft. 11 3/4 in. (208.3 × 273.7 cm);
height: 208.3centimetre;
width: 273.7centimetre;
depth: 10.16002centimetre;
height: 233.04547centimetre;
width: 299.0856centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1620s

Provenance

Gift of Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll, 1969

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Esther; Ahasuerus; Men; Women

Topic

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Artemisia Gentileschi, Esther before Ahasuerus, 1620s, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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