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Esther before Ahasuerus

Maker

After

1594-1665


1622-1693

Title

Esther before Ahasuerus

Medium

etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 53.4 cm (sheet (mounted on card))
Width: 67.7 cm (sheet (mounted on card))

Accession Number

G.1939.AB.69

Mode of Acquisition

Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Provenance

Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.

Inscriptions

Inscription: Nic. Poussin pinx / Esther devant Assuerus / F. de Poilly Sculp / [extensive inscriptions in French and Latin from the Book of Esther]

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