Esther and Ahasuerus. unknown c. 1475 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: metallic thread Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Scene divided by columns, creating several scenes; upper L, Mordecai kneels before King Ahasuerus Mordecai before Ahasuerus (Esther 8:1-10:3); upper L of center, triumph of Jews: Esther writes letters in King Ahasuerus' name Esther 8:1-10:3); lower L & center, Mordecai reveals treason to Esther, she informs King Ahasuerus & he condemns traitors (Esther 2:21-23) (BRD) garland of flowers with birds Photographs are details of tapestry; for full view of panel,
Esther and Ahasuerus. unknown c. 1475 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: metallic thread Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Scene divided by columns, creating several scenes; upper L, Mordecai kneels before King Ahasuerus Mordecai before Ahasuerus (Esther 8:1-10:3); upper L of center, triumph of Jews: Esther writes letters in King Ahasuerus' name Esther 8:1-10:3); lower L & center, Mordecai reveals treason to Esther, she informs King Ahasuerus & he condemns traitors (Esther 2:21-23) (BRD) garland of flowers with birds Photographs are details of tapestry; for full view of panel, see Hunter. Right-side of tapestry has scenes with variations from tapestries in the "Glorification of Christ" series, including the left-side of the "Mazarin" tapestry in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, , & others in Brussels & Zaragoza. Göbel had earlier attributed the artist Jan van Roome to this series in its likeness to the "Trojan War" tapestries; but Adelson does not concur. Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 115, 116, pl. VIIc Adelson, European Tapestry (1994), 36-55, no. 2 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 275, 276 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), fig. 221 Related Works: Other panels in series: GCPA 0240084-0240091; France, Nancy, Musée historique lorrain, 2 panels of "Disobedience of Vashti (Astin)"; compositionally similar tapestries, "Glorification of Christ" series, GCPA 0239460-0239471
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