The Story of Esther (Plate 2)
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Title
The Story of Esther (Plate 2)
Description
Esther before Ahasuerus. To left, Ahasuerus (Xerxes), enthroned, holding out his sceptre; Esther before him with two maids seen behind her; in the background, Xerxes seen in his bed to right, and in the background, at centre, Xerxes on a horseback seen through a door; 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
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_1968-1018-1-165
Format
engraving
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
engraving
Citation
“The Story of Esther (Plate 2),” The Little Gidding Harmonies, accessed June 23, 2025, https://digitalbookhistory.com/littlegidding/items/show/1534.