The Bible In Paintings: ESTHER BEGS FOR THE JEWS' RESCUE

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The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

ESTHER BEGS FOR
THE JEWS' RESCUE

E S T H E R
CHAPTER 8

Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews. Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him.

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FRANC KAVČIČ
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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JEAN FRANÇOIS DE TROY
"Esther Fainting"

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JAN STEEN
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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GUERCINO
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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TINTORETTO
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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NICOLA POUSSIN
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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GIOVANNI BONATI
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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JULIA MARGARET
"Queen Esther before Ahasuerus"

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Esther Before the King"

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FRANCISZEK SMUGLEWICZ
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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FILIPPO GHERARDI
"Esther and Ahasuerus"

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Source

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PAOLO VERONESE
"The Fainting of Esther"

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ANTOINE COYPEL
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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"Esther vor König Ahasverus"

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FRANČIŠEK KAREL REMB
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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GIUSEPPE DIZIANI
"Esther vor Ahasver"

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JULIUS SCHRADER
"Esther before Ahasuerus"

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Source

“If it pleases the king,” she said, “let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces. For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”

King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai, “Now write another decree in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king’s signet ring—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”

At once the royal secretaries wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush. Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.

The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate any armed force of any nationality or province that might attack them and their women and children; and to plunder the property of their enemies.

The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

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LILIAN BROCA
"Queen Esther with Mordechai"

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BERNARD PICART, MATTHYS POOL
"Mordecai Receives the King's Ring"

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AELBERT JANSZ. VAN DER SCHOOR
"Esther and Mordecai"

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ARENT DE GELDER
"Esther and Mordecai"

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FERDINAND BOL
"Esther and Mordecai"

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ARENT DE GELDER
"Esther and Mordechai Writing
the Second Letter of Purim"

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REMBRANDT
"Esther with the Decree of Destruction"

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[Hebrews 11:6]

E S T H E R
ESTHER – "IF I PERISH, I PERISH"
MORDECAI'S TRIUMPH
ESTHER DEFEATS HAMAN, THOROUGHLY
ESTHER BEGS FOR THE JEWS' RESCUE
J O B
JOB – GOD PERMITS TRAGEDY AND CALAMITY
JOB SUFFERS AND SUFFERS AND SUFFERS
JOB STILL HAS FRIENDS
FRIENDS ACCUSE, JOB DEFENDS, GOD DECIDES

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and a happy week to all.
These are all wonderful Dan, thank you for your many hours of work to bring us the Word, and the paintings.

RE: #22 - Dan, I had never heard of Lilian Broca. This is one of the best parts of your Art Ministry, that some of us meet new artists we’ve never seen.

Anyway, I invite all who love mosaics to look at Broca’s art; she has great talent, and brings real emotion into her work.

[wbarmy]

I am not quite sure why all the paintings show Esther as fainting backwards. The Bible says she fell at his feet and pleaded with Ahasuerus. I see it more as an Oriental full bow. She wouldn’t have been falling backward.

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some of us meet new artists we’ve never seen

You can imagine, then, my education as I have produced this series, for aside from a few famous masters I had never heard of any of them.

Broca does bring special gifts. Quite beyond her skill with the tiles, I really enjoy her storytelling.

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Good Morning Dan. :-)

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Artistic license, for dramatic effect.

Also, as I recall, the Catholic version has extra passages, including Esther fainting before Xerxes. So, I cheated by using illustrations of that to depict her pleading.

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Mary-Lou! Just headed J-ward.

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These painting are horrid. The Book of Esther does not portray her fainting (even though she was fasting for 3 days), but falling at his feet. And Rembrandt’s drawing is atrocious. She looks like a drunk old madam in a brothel. WTH?

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Thanks for your helpful comment. As I explained in post #7, the Catholic Bible does indeed describe Esther fainting, and lacking enough depictions showing her pleading, I substituted images showing her fainting. Apparently, however, I should have realized that they are, in fact, horrid. My apology. I suppose, then, that your series on Esther will omit them.

As for Mr. van Rijn's decisions, you will need to take those up directly with him.