Reproduction
Object number
26
Record type
single object
Catalog (number)
Bartsch: B40-1(1)
New Hollstein Dutch: NHD185-3(4)
Object name
Title
The Triumph of Mordecai
Creator
Production date
ca 1641
Technique
Material
Dimensions
plate height: 174 mm
plate width: 215 mm
Inscription
watermark
French lily with WR
Accompanying text
The book of Esther describes the vicissitudes of the Jews in exile in Persia in about 475 BC. One of them, Mordecai, discovered a conspiracy against King Ahasuerus, who was married to Mordecai's cousin Esther. Here Rembrandt shows us the triumphal procession in honour of Mordecai.
Acquisition
Acquired from Jan Veth, 1915.
