Rembrandt van Rijn1660

Haman Before Ahasuerus and Esther

At Esther's banquet the queen exposes Haman's plot against her people, and he is left to plead for his life before the king (Esther 7). An oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1660).

Haman Before Ahasuerus and Esther by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Esther 7:7
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About Rembrandt van Rijn

1606-1669 · Dutch

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.