Esther before Ahasuerus

late 16th century

Giovanni Guerra

Artist, Roman, 1544 - 1618

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.86 × 15.88 cm (9 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2022.75.4


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Mathias Komor, New York, 1909 - 1984, Lugt 1882a). William Rudolf, Hampden, CT; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso in brown ink: a seventeen-line letter(?); by later hand, lower center in graphite: Chapter 2 verse 17; B.698414

Markings

verso in blue ink: MK [circled] (Lugt 1882a)


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