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The Toilette of Esther

1841

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The story

Esther readies herself to meet King Ahasuerus, bare to the waist and ignoring the jewels offered her. At the Salon of 1842 one critic asked about her "wild eyes" and "savage look," and later painters such as Gustave Moreau took up the subject after Chassériau.

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Object details

Title: The Toilette of Esther
Artist: Théodore Chassériau
Date: 1841
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil painting
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0305
Original image: 2477 × 3000 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Théodore Chassériau. The Toilette of Esther. 1841. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0305/