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Object Type
Museum number: U,4.41
Description: Esther swooning before King Ahasuerus who starts up from his throne at the right, after Domenichino; within oval Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Girard Audran; After: Domenichino
School/style: Italian; French
Production date: 1666-1668
Production place: Published in: Rome (city)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 485 millimetres; Width: 355 millimetres
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Curator's comments: After one of the pendentives of the Bandini Chapel in San Silvestro al Quirinale in Rome. The painting is Spear 101.iii. The complete set of four plates by Audran of the pendentives is in the BM.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Esther; Representation of: Ahasuerus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: U,4.41

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