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The Triumph of Mordecai

Haman is compelled to lead Mordecai through the city on the king's horse, proclaiming: 'Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.' National Gallery of Art, Washington.

The Triumph of Mordecai by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Esther 6:10
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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.