Esther before Ahasuerus
Artemisia Gentileschi · 1629
Why it's great
Queen Esther, in a rich blue gown, faints in front of the king when she asks him to save her people, and the king rushes to hold her. Artemisia Gentileschi painted it in about 1629, and the golden clothes and curtains are painted with care.
Where to see it
📍 Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan, United States
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Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian painter born in Rome in 1593, the daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi. She was one of the first women to become a successful professional painter in Europe, and her powerful pictures often show strong women from the Bible and myths. She died in Naples in about 1653.
