Image

Philips Galle

Esther Before Ahasuerus, Inviting Him for a Banquet

Description

Maker

Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537-1612)
Maerten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498-1574), designer

Title

Esther Before Ahasuerus, Inviting Him for a Banquet
from "The Story of Esther"

Year

1564

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

Image/plate: 20 x 25.1 cm (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--Inscribed, LL:·S·[MH monogram]EE IN. ; inscribed, LC:Ast animum recipe, en tibi Rex gemmantia tendit Sceptra ultro, expleti prima arguementa furoris.Esther 5,2

Identification

State

3rd of 3

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Professor and Mrs. David Kossoff

Object Number

80.220.3

Type

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Tombstone

Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537-1612)
Maerten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498-1574), designer
Esther Before Ahasuerus, Inviting Him for a Banquet; from "The Story of Esther", 1564
Engraving on paper
Image/plate: 20 x 25.1 cm (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches)
Gift of Professor and Mrs. David Kossoff 80.220.3

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