王后以斯帖接近亚哈随鲁王的宫殿

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) French

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这件宏伟的构图试作描绘了圣经《旧约》中以斯帖的故事，她是波斯国王亚哈随鲁王的王后。亚哈随鲁王在不知道她的犹太血统的情况下，命令处死所有犹太人，以斯帖去王宫里恳求亚哈随鲁王怜恤他们。据推测，这幅画可能是呈现给蒙彼利埃主教弗朗索瓦·鲍斯凯的展示素描，他委托这位艺术家为自己的《登山宝训》制作一幅搭配画作，他的《登山宝训》现藏于纽约弗里克美术收藏馆。虽然克劳德的许多油画作品都描绘了圣经和神话中的主题，但他主要还是一位风景画家，因此他把以斯帖求王开恩这一通常在室内表现的主题置于虚构的景致中，幻想中的建筑和漫射的自然光线赋予了画面以生命力。

Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk

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Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk
Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk
Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk

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