The Feast of Esther
Artist
Jan Lievens
Dutch, 1607–1674
Datecirca 1625
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 51 1/2 × 64 1/2 in. (130.8 × 163.8 cm)
frame: 61 3/8 × 74 1/4 × 5 in. (155.9 × 188.6 × 12.7 cm)
frame: 61 3/8 × 74 1/4 × 5 in. (155.9 × 188.6 × 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaper
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.55
On View
On viewProvenanceCreated Leiden, Netherlands, ca. 1625. Possibly Comte Charles Alexander de Calonne (1734–1802), Paris; [his sale, Skinner and Dyck, London, March 23–28, 1795, no. 55, as Rembrandt]. [B. Sommelinck sale, Galerie Fievez, Brussels, December 16, 1936, no. 80, as Aert de Gelder] [1]; [Kunsthandel Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, until at least February 1938, as Rembrandt van Rijn]; [Charles A. de Burlet, Basel]; [consigned October 19, 1949 to Hans Schaeffer Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.
[1] Purportedly signed and dated 1632.
[1] Purportedly signed and dated 1632.
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