Esther before Ahasuerus, Oil on canvas, 82 x 107 3/4in. ( x ), Paintings, Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, Rome 1593

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Esther before Ahasuerus, Oil on canvas, 82 x 107 3/4in. ( x ), Paintings, Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, Rome 1593–1651/53 Naples), The most famous woman painter of the seventeenth century, Artemisia worked in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples. This painting, among her most ambitious, recounts the story of the Jewish heroine Esther, who appeared before King Ahasuerus to plead for her people

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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