23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 13
 

13

Esther before Ahasuerus: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, with gilded and silvered sticks, in the...

Esther before Ahasuerus: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, with gilded and silvered sticks, in the gorge quite slender, the upper guards very wide. After the king ordered an execution of all the Jewish people in the Persian Empire. Esther, his wife, went before him without being summoned to beg for him to spare her people. Very afraid, she ended up fainting before the king. This action ended up softening the king's decision, and he permitted the Jews to defend themselves against his attack, preventing them from being killed off. Guard length 26cm

See the 1628-1635 painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The verso of the double paper leaf depicts a well-dressed lady contemplating alone in the countryside
Not Sold

 

good bold colours. Some loss to the gilding and silvering is now dull. Rubbed on the folds.

 


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Auction: Blackborne Collection - Part 1, 23rd May, 2018

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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