Esther Scroll and Case / Right: Ahasuerus and Esther seated on their thrones. At the right, cavalry battle between the Jews and their enemies; Left: Days of feasting and joy: An ensemble plays from sheet music for a circle of dancers in clowns' garb. At the left, a sailboat: "Mordecai... sent dispatches to all the Jews throughout the provinces of king Ahasuerus..." (Esther 9:20) / creation date: 17th - 18th century
About this Item
Record Details
- Work Title
- Esther Scroll and Case
- Site/Repository
- Creation location: possibly Germany
- Repository: The Israel Museum (Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)
- Period/Date
- creation date: 17th - 18th century
- Media/Technique
- parchment, pens, ink, silver, handwriting, illumination, repoussé, engraving (incising), casting, copper engraving (printing process)
- Subjects
- Book illustrations
- Scroll paintings
- Scrolls (Information artifacts)
- Art, Jewish
- Esther
- Hebrew alphabet
- Bible. Old Testament
- Illuminations
- Europe
- Figurines
- Cases (containers)
- Customs
- Copper engraving (printing process)
- Prints
- Work Record ID
- 562301
- Image Record ID
- 1322072
- Digital filename
- 12d000887
- Classification Filing Number
- 758.15C
- 17
- 43EF 15-16
- *.digitalonly
- HART Image Order Number
- 270230
- Date Added/Updated
- 2012-11-25 08:59:06
Technical Details
- Collection
- History of Art, VRC Image Bank
- Image Size
- 4762 x 1024
- File Size
- 664 KB
- Record
- 1322072
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1322072/12d000887
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History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1322072. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1322072/12d000887. May 04, 2024.