The 50 plates / Plate 42 of 50
Plate 42 of 50
Esther Before Ahasuerus
Esther vor Ahasver
Jacopo Tintoretto
Not yet located
The drawing
A dramatic biblical scene depicting Queen Esther approaching King Ahasuerus to plead for her people. Esther kneels at the center before the enthroned king, who extends his scepter toward her. A bearded attendant stands at left with outstretched arms, while several courtiers gather behind Esther. Bold pen lines, dark hatching, and broad areas of wash emphasize the figures' gestures and flowing garments.
Becker, 1922
As Felix Becker published it in 1922.
- Attribution
- Jacopo Tintoretto
- Title as printed
- Esther vor Ahasver
- Title in English
- Esther Before Ahasuerus
- Medium and size
- Pen with washes, 14 × 26.7 cm
- Inscription
- Unsigned
- Collection in 1922
- Freiherr Speck von Sternburg, Lützschena
Today
Modern cataloguing and the drawing’s whereabouts, as far as they are known.
- Status
- Not yet located
- Where is it now?
- Not yet located. No post-Becker museum or auction record has been securely identified with this drawing.
- Attribution today
- Jacopo Tintoretto, as attributed by Becker. No independent modern attribution of this exact drawing has been verified.
The sheet in this copy
Sources
- Felix Becker, Handzeichnungen alter Meister in Privatsammlungen (Leipzig, 1922), plate 42.
- No later museum or auction record has been securely identified with this drawing so far.