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A rainha Ester se aproxima do palácio de Assuero

1658
Not on view
Este magnífico estudo de composição representa a história de Ester, a esposa do rei persa Assuero, narrada no Antigo Testamento. Ignorante das raízes judaicas da sua cônjuge, Assuero ordenou o assassinato de todos os judeus. Ester foi para o palácio do rei para implorar sua misericórdia. Aparentemente, a cena era um desenho de apresentação de François Bosquet, bispo de Montpellier, que tinha encomendado ao artista um trabalho que complementara o Sermão da Montanha, hoje na coleção Frick, em Nova Iorque. Embora muitas das suas pinturas incluíssem temas bíblicos e mitológicos, Claudio era antes de tudo um paisagista; por conseguinte, em vez de representar o tema de Ester implorando por misericórdia em um interior, como é comum, colocou a cena em uma paisagem imaginária animada por uma arquitetura fantástica e sob uma luz naturalista difusa.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: A rainha Ester se aproxima do palácio de Assuero
  • Artista: Claudio de Lorena (Claude Gellée), francês, (ativo na Itália) 1604/1605?–1682
  • Data: 1658
  • Meio: Caneta e tinta marrom, com camada marrom em cima de giz preto, com traço de branco
  • Dimensões: 30 x 44,4 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Compra, doação da Fundação Annenberg, 1997
  • Número de acesso: 1997.156
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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