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Pages in category "Paintings of Esther" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Queen Esther (painting) T. The Toilette of Esther;
Edwin Long's Queen Esther. Queen Esther is an 1878 painting by Edwin Long. [1] The painter drew upon travelogue illustrations in the British Museum in order to produce this vision of the biblical Queen Esther in Ahasuerus' palace at Susa. The painting was first displayed in 1878 at the Royal Academy, and is now a part of the collection Pérez ...
Vashti (Hebrew: וַשְׁתִּי , romanized: Vaštī; Koinē Greek: Ἀστίν, romanized: Astín; Modern Persian: واشتی, romanized: Vâšti) was a queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included within the Tanakh and the Old Testament which is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim.
The Toilette of Esther or Esther Preparing to be Presented to King Ahasuerus, is an 1841 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Théodore Chassériau. The painting depicts a moment from the scriptural Book of Esther , when Esther prepared to meet King Ahasuerus , ruler of Persia, who subsequently took her as his wife.
Esther Before Ahasuerus is a large painting of 1546–47 by the Venetian painter Tintoretto showing a scene from the Greek addition to the Book of Esther, in which Queen Esther faints during a bold intervention with her husband King Ahasuerus of Persia. In oil on canvas, it measures 207.7 by 275.5 centimetres (81.8 in × 108.5 in).
There are only three figures in the picture and the banquet is suggested sketchily. Esther lowers her arms apprehensively as she finishes her speech, the king's lips are pursed in anger, and Haman's pose reveals a sense of doom. The distance between the king and his vizier seems enormous, while the king and queen form a united pair. [1]
Esther (/ ˈ ɛ s t ər /; Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר ʾEstēr), originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire , the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. [ 1 ]
Queen Esther may refer to: Esther Montour, Iroquois woman of northeastern Pennsylvania from the mid-1700s; Queen Esther, the biblical character Queen Esther, an 1878 portrait of Esther; Queen Esther Marrow (born 1941), soul and gospel singer; Queen Esther (artist), musician, performer, writer and vocalist