# The Story of Esther

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BURGKMAIR, Hans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Panel, 103 x 156 cm

## Commentary

Late in his career Burgkmair collaborated with artists from Augsburg in the painted ensemble for Wlihelm IV, the Wittelsbach Duke of Bavaria, in his palace in Munich. Burgkmair contributed to a series dedicated to virtuous women by the painting The Story of Esther, in which he featured the heroic intervention by a Jewish woman, installed as queen, on behalf of her people against the genocidal plans as the king&#39;s minister, Haman.

## Related artworks

- [Barbara and Hans Schellenberger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/barbara-and-hans-schellenberger-r6581740773a3e1>)
- [Crucifix with Mary, Mary Magdalen and St John the Evangelist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/crucifix-with-mary-mary-magdalen-and-st-john-the-evangelist-r7c5378f4fcca55>)
- [Emperor Maximilian on Horseback](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/emperor-maximilian-on-horseback-r5d175ed70b9664>)
- [Gypsies in the Market](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/gypsies-in-the-market-r8fadecfa197c90>)
- [Holy Family with the Child St John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/holy-family-with-the-child-st-john-re53d038a5e82d1>)
- [Madonna with Grape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/madonna-with-grape-r2aa58485ba4c2e>)
- [Portrait of Jacob Fugger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/portrait-of-jacob-fugger-r152f728a82b1cc>)
- [Portrait of Johannes Paumgartner](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/portrait-of-johannes-paumgartner-r75f2e040f0d757>)
- [St John Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/st-john-altarpiece-r51e83a374e6746>)
- [St John Altarpiece: St John the Evangelist in Patmos \(central panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burgkmair-hans-r89c766779a0ea7/st-john-altarpiece-st-john-the-evangelist-in-patmos-central-panel-rc4e51e67ee0225>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)