The Story of Esther, Tempera and gold on wood, 17 1/2 x 55 3/8 in. (44.5 x 140.7 cm), Paintings, Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florence 1402–1489 Florence), and Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florence ca. 1416–1465 Florence), Esther, the Jewish queen of the Persian ruler Ahasuerus (Xerxes), provided a template of courage and virtue by saving her countrymen from a plot to kill them. On this front of a chest (cassone) her marriage feast is depicted as though taking place in fifteenth-century Florence
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Story, Esther, Tempera, gold, wood, 17 1/2 x 55 3/8, 44.5 140.7 cm, Paintings, Marco del Buono Giamberti, Italian, Florence, 1402–1489, and Apollonio di Giovanni Tomaso, Florence ca., 1416–1465, Jewish queen, Persian ruler Ahasuerus, Xerxes, provided, template, courage, virtue, saving, countrymen, plot, kill, front, chest, cassone, marriage feast, depicted, taking, place, fifteenth-century Florence
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