King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther Acknowledging Mordecai's Role in Saving the Jews Artist, attributed to: Ferdinand Bol (Dutch, 1616–1680)
Artist, formerly attributed to: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Dutch, 1621–1674)

ca. 1645–52

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brown wash

Dimensions

sheet: 20.5 × 29.8 cm (8 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

1975.81

Geography

Made in The Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Period

17th century

Classification

Drawings

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Provenance
Sale Galliera, Paris, June 18, 1965, no. 133 (School of Rembrandt); Sale Sotheby's, London, July 9, 1968, no. 43 (attributed to Gerbrand van den Eeckhout); Gallery A. Brod; H. Shickman Gallery, 1975 (as Eeckhout).

Provenance unknown before 1965.
Bibliography
  • Suzanne Boorsch and John J. Marciari, Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 2, 13, 24, 157–59, 250, no. 50, ill.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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n.s.

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