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Esther Before Ahasuerus
19th century
(Artist) Dutch Lucas van Leyden (Artist) Netherlandish, 1494-1533
Etching and aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 11 1/8 × 8 7/8 inches (28.3 × 22.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S706
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower center of image: L 1518
Provenance
November 1886, Kemp Sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jacobowitz, E.S. The Prints of Lucas Van Leyden and His Contemporaries. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1983, p. 186, no. 68.
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Dutch; after Lucas van Leyden, Esther Before Ahasuerus, 19th century, etching and aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S706.
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