The Bible In Paintings, #169: ESTHER – "IF I PERISH, I PERISH", Part 1

Bing Images ^ | c.2200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

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At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" to give God glory, as many of these artists have done, and for my own amusement and learning; and I thought others might enjoy it and be blessed by it, too. My plan is to proceed methodically from left-to-right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!

But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is being filmed right now. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year's viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: "Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast." Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I've ever spent (I don't recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 43 years ago).

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P r e s e n t e d . . F o r . . Y o u r

CONSIDERATION

ENJOYMENT

& BLESSING

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, DAN!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

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Feliz Año Nuevo, Mary-Lou!

That is an intimidating picture. Movie screenshot?

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Yes. It is Esther approaching the king (risking her life) from the movie “One Night With The King”, a very nice retelling of the Book of Esther...the WHOLE MEGILLA!

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Her hair is disheveled because she gets caught in the rain on her way to the throne room (a nice little extra-biblical touch which didn’t hurt the narrative at all).

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What, the queen doesn’t rate an umbrella?

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The book does seem movie-size.

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Unlike Obama, she didn’t have an Honor Guard of US Marines.

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The book does seem movie-size.

They only had to pad it a wee bit to fill out a feature-length movie.

[etabeta]

Jean-François Portaels (#4) was an excellent Biblical stories painter.
Happy New Year, Dan. Looking forward to more illustrated stories.

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Felice Anno Nuovo, Alba! All year.

I don't know anything at all about Portaels, and this is the first of his I can recall posting--but I was struck, impacted, by it and really like it.

Now that I have your recommendation that he "was an excellent Biblical stories painter", I will look at his works on an art compendium site. If any other "lesser-known" artists also fit that description off the top of your head, I'd sure appreciate you mentioning them. I like to be thorough.

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Felice Anno Nuovo, Alba! All year.

I don't know anything at all about Portaels, and this is the first of his I can recall posting--but I was struck, impacted, by it and really like it.

Now that I have your recommendation that he "was an excellent Biblical stories painter", I will look at his works on an art compendium site. If any other "lesser-known" artists also fit that description off the top of your head, I'd sure appreciate you mentioning them. I like to be thorough.

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Apparently Rembrandt had never seen a Jewish woman in his life!

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I am more familiar with artist who have painted scenes from the NT but, in general, many have produced at least one or two from biblical stories of the OT. You might find a few from Giorgio Vasari, Erasmus Quellinus, Edwin Long (Jephthah), Joseph von Fuhrich (Jacob and Rachel), Harold Copping. Then there is Rubens, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Tiepolo, Rembrandt.

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LOL! Nor, apparently, any woman who "had a lovely figure and was beautiful." Makes me wonder if the caption, upon which I relied, is inaccurate.

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Thanks much, Alba.

[Albion Wilde]

I think he did it — she looks like him!

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rembrandt+self-portrait&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Fterraingallery.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F11%2Frembrandt-self-portrait-1629-mauritshuis.jpg

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Elementary. Well sleuthed, Sherlock!

[Vendome]

#3

She’s beautiful....