Esther Scroll (Megillah) and Case / Esther 3:15, "The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment" / creation date: scroll second half of the 18th century, creation date: case 18th century

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Work Title: Esther Scroll (Megillah) and Case
View Title: Esther 3:15, "The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment"
Creator/Culture: artist: Aaron Wolf Herlington (Jewish, c.1710-1757)
Site/Repository: Creation location: Vienna (Vienna, Austria); Repository: The Israel Museum (Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)
Period/Date: creation date: scroll second half of the 18th century, creation date: case 18th century
Media/Technique: parchment, pens, ink, gold leaf, silver, painting (image-making), handwriting, illumination, casting, engraving (incising), gilding
Dimensions: height of scroll: 7.6 cm (2.99 inches), length of scroll: 103.5 cm (40.75 inches), height of case: 19.5 cm, diameter of case: 1.7 cm
Subjects: Book illustrations; Scroll paintings; Scrolls (Information artifacts); Art, Jewish; Esther; Hebrew alphabet; Bible. Old Testament; Illuminations; Cases (containers); Filigree; Baroque
Work Record ID: 562298
Image Record ID: 1321990
Digital filename: 12d000855
Classification Filing Number: 758.15C; H300; 43EC 3b; *.digitalonly
HART Image Order Number: 270230
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 08:59:02

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2403 x 3072
File Size: 997 KB
Record: 1321990
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1321990/12d000855

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1321990. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1321990/12d000855. July 26, 2024.