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Esther before Ahasuerus

Maker

After
(artist)
1594-1665

(printmaker)

(publisher)

Title

Esther before Ahasuerus

Date of Production

(c.) 1840

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 25 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6739

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... [usually refers to Courtauld Book Library copy with Anthony Blunt's annotations when there is a letter after the number]
Fig. p. 87b
in annotated copy

Inscriptions

Inscription: Engraved by G. H. Adcock. //

Inscription: Painted by Poussin. //

Inscription: Ester V,-3. Esther V,-3. / "Then said the king unto her, Waht wilt thou, Queen Esther?" / Esther V,-3 / Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. //

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