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This captivating painting by an unknown artist takes the famous 17th century painting Esther before Ahasuerus by Artemisia Gentileschi and recontextualizes it for the modern era. In the original Old Testament story as depicted by Gentileschi, Esther, the Jewish wife of the king Ahasuerus went to him without being summoned after the king ordered the execution of all Jewish people in the Persian Empire. She asked him to spare her people, breaking court etiquette and risking almost certain death before fainting before the king. In this work we have the king of his house in his yellow recliner, defiant in his domain confronted by a woman whose obscured fashion could be that of a housewife or the antiquated fashion of a Biblical woman.
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- Dimensions:Height: 55 in (139.7 cm)Width: 45.5 in (115.57 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Detroit, MI
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