The Story of Esther (Plate 1)
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Title
The Story of Esther (Plate 1)
Description
Esther crowned by Ahasuerus. Ahasuerus (Xerxes) crowning Esther in background at left, her maids seen behind her, a Renaissance-style terrace and Xerxes and Esther meeting again on a bridge in far distance, two men confabulating and a pensive man seated at right; first state with address of Gerard de Jode; after Jan Snellinck. 1579
Engraving with contemporary colouring
Engraving with contemporary colouring
Publisher
Gerard de Jode
Date
1579 (circa)
1585 (printed)
1585 (printed)
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Relation
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1968-1018-1-164
Format
engraving
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
engraving
Citation
“The Story of Esther (Plate 1),” The Little Gidding Harmonies, accessed June 23, 2025, https://digitalbookhistory.com/littlegidding/items/show/1533.