Esther and Ahasuerus

Unknown Artist

mid-17th century

Esther and Ahasuerus by Unknown Artist

Medium

Canvas worked with silk thread; tent, Gobelin, satin, long-and-short, split, stem, knotted, straight, Ceylon, rococo, and detached buttonhole stitch variations; fringe

Dimensions

H. 16 7/8 x W. 20 3/4 inches (42.9 x 52.7 cm); Framed: H. 19 1/4 x W. 23; D. 1 1/4 inches (48.9 x 58.4; 3.2 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Embroidered

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Accession Number

64.101.1317

Tags

KingsEstherLionsBirdsMenWomenDeerHorsesAhasuerus

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