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Esther before Ahasuerus
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1594-1665
1622-1693
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Width: 69.1 cm
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Inscription: Recto, lower left, black ink, painter’s name: “Nic. Poussin pinx”; lower right, black ink, engraver’s name: “F. de Poilly Sculp.”; lower left, black ink: “Le Roy Assuerus estant entrée en fureur voyant la Reine Esther se presenter devant lui / sans avoir esté mandée, elle demeura comme evanoüie, et la couleur de son teintse changeanten / une pasleur elle laissa tomber sa teste sur la fille qui la soutenoit. Esther Chap. 15. v. 9. et 10.”; lower centre, black ink, title: “Esther devant Assuerus”; lower centre, black ink: “Se vend a Paris chez de Poilly rue St. Jacques a la belle Image proche la Fontaine St. Severin.”; lower right, black ink: “Ingressa Esther stetit contra Regem, cumque ardentibus oculis furorem pectoris / indicasset, Regina corruit et in pallorem colore mutate lassum super anc illu = / lam reclinavit caput. Esther Cap. 15. v. 9. et 10.”; lower left, red ink: “18”. Mount recto, lower right, graphite: “no 1 [encircled] Photoed, not burnt. / no 2 [encircled] / DUP ENGR. NOT PHOTOED”; lower right, graphite: “A.87”.
Watermark: Mount: WHATMAN / 185
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