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 inte
Esther before Ahasuerus; Tintoretto, Jacopo
Tintoretto self-portrait, c. 1548, Victoria & Albert Museum.
Esther Before Ahasuerus is a painting by the 17th-century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. It shows the biblical heroine Esther going before Ahasuerus to beg him to spare her people. The painting
Esther Before Ahasuerus (Tintoretto)
…the Crucifixion of Jesus. The fainting became a much more popular subject in the Baroque painting of the following century, with examples including the Esther Before Ahasuerus by Artemisia Gentileschi. The composition has seen a number of changes, the earliest by Tintoretto himself, to the figures behind the king. What appears…
Gentileschi, Artemisia Esther before Ahasuerus c. 1628–1635