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Esther und Ahasver

3. Viertel 16. Jahrhundert | Süddeutsch

In 1569 Archduke Ferdinand II asked the patrician Karl Villinger from Augsburg for this historical painting and displayed it at this very place. It shows the history of Ester and Ahasveros from the Old Testament. The beautiful young jew Ester saved her people from the persecution of Haman, the first minister of the Persian King Artaxerxes (= Ahasveros). In the end the persecutor is executed and the haunted get honoured. In the 16th century the story was seen as a symbol of the fight of the catholic church against protestantism. In the left corner a portrait of Emperor Maximilian I can be seen, who had knighted Villinger‘s father.

In 1569 Archduke Ferdinand II asked the patrician Karl Villinger from Augsburg for this historical painting and displayed it at this very place. It shows the history of Ester and Ahasveros from the Old Testament. The beautiful young jew Ester saved her people from the persecution of Haman, the first minister of the Persian King Artaxerxes (= Ahasveros). In the end the persecutor is executed and the haunted get honoured. In the 16th century the story was seen as a symbol of the fight of the catholic church against protestantism. In the left corner a portrait of Emperor Maximilian I can be seen, who had knighted Villinger‘s father.

Attributed to:
Süddeutsch

Artist:
anonym

Time:
3. Viertel 16. Jahrhundert

Object Name
Gemälde, Esther und Ahasver

Culture
Deutsch, Süddeutsch, Augsburg (?)

Dimensions:
169,4 × 368,2 × 3 cm
Framed: 183 × 381,5 × 5,7 cm

Inscribed
In den Ecken die Wappen der Familien Villinger (Ulm) und Rehlinger (Augsburg)

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie

Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 5777

Provenance
1596 Nachlassinventar Erzherzog Ferdinands II. von Tirol; Ambraser Slg. (fol. 683r)

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