Esther before Ahasuerus
late 16th century
Giovanni Guerra
Artist, Roman, 1544 - 1618
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Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 22.86 × 15.88 cm (9 × 6 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2022.75.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Mathias Komor, New York, 1909 - 1984, Lugt 1882a). William Rudolf, Hampden, CT; bequest to NGA, 2022.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso in brown ink: a seventeen-line letter(?); by later hand, lower center in graphite: Chapter 2 verse 17; B.698414
Markings
verso in blue ink: MK [circled] (Lugt 1882a)