# Esther before Ahasuerus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUBENS, Peter Paul]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on wood, 33 x 32 cm ## Commentary This sketch was one of the first in a series of thirty-nine preparatory studies for the ceiling paintings in the Jesuit church St Charles Borromeo in Antwerp. In the scene Esther before Ahasuerus, Rubens copied <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/v/veronese/02a/2nave/1ceilin1.html'\)" HREF="/html/v/veronese/02a/2nave/1ceilin1.html">Veronese's ceiling painting</A> in San Sebastiano, Venice. ## Related artworks - [A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Albert and Nicolaas Rubens]() - [Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()