# Esther before Ahasuerus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VIGNON, Claude](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 80 x 119 cm

## Commentary

Vignon&#39;s passion for over-elaboration is seen in this picture. It seems that he enjoyed painting awkward human situations like this when Esther confronts Ahasuerus. The picture has also been identified as depicting Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

## Related artworks

- [Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/christ-in-the-house-of-simon-the-pharisee-r6f0773ed1248c2>)
- [Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/croesus-receiving-tribute-from-a-lydian-peasant-r74f56e57030148>)
- [David with the Head of Goliath \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-detail-r7cda8839d63ad0>)
- [David with the Head of Goliath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-r72aa85e8f33bbf>)
- [David with the Head of Goliath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-re856f0c200bfc9>)
- [Flora](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/flora-rdeed349d1339ca>)
- [Joseph Interpreting Dreams in Prison](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/joseph-interpreting-dreams-in-prison-r02a94b9125d22a>)
- [Portrait of François Langlois](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/portrait-of-franois-langlois-r4e4259815426b9>)
- [St Philip Baptizing the Eunuch of Candace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/st-philip-baptizing-the-eunuch-of-candace-rf55b585dbe8cf1>)
- [The Martyrdom of St Matthew](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/the-martyrdom-of-st-matthew-r9327030585fb10>)
- [The Young Singer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/the-young-singer-r46875008368e5a>)
- [The Young Singer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-claude-r68d30098ce57c1/the-young-singer-rccc600e971b2d8>)

## Attribution

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