Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt

An exploration of how the biblical heroine Queen Esther, a symbol of resilience and a figure of immense popularity, was portrayed in seventeenth-century Dutch art

About the author

Abigail Rapoport is curator of Judaica at the Jewish Museum, New York. Michele L. Frederick is associate curator of European art and provenance research at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.

Product details

• Authors: Michele Frederick, Michele L. Frederick, Abigail Rapoport, Abigail Frederick Rapoport
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2025
• EAN: 9780300279146
• ISBN: 978-0-300-27914-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Assisted by: Michele L. Frederick
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, ART / European, History of Art, Art treatments & subjects, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, The Arts: treatments and subjects, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo