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Life of Esther

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The division between the two cassoni is conjectural, based on the order of events in the biblical story, with the first one mostly covering Esther's part in the story, and the second that of Mordecai. Cassoni were typical wedding gifts, and this partial division into a female and male story would be
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The authorship of the panels has been much discussed, without firm conclusions being reached. Many accounts divide the works between the two artists, either in terms of the different paintings, or different stages of the work, or both. After his father's death in 1469, Filippino Lippi completed his
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Markevicius, Tomas, "The Triumph of Mordecai at The National Gallery of Canada: New Findings on Botticelli’s Role and Direct Involvement in Extraordinary Collaboration with Filippino Lippi in the c.1475 Cycle Depicting the Story of Ester", Conference: American Institute for Conservation of Historic
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perhaps entirely by Lippi. The two wide front panels suggest a design by Botticelli, and some underdrawing, but are probably mostly by Lippi, assisted by another painter in the draperies.
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or marriage chests, the two long panels on the fronts, and the smaller ones on the ends. They are now split between five museums in Europe and Canada.
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and x-ray images, shows differences between the style and techniques of the underdrawing, and also differences in the handling of the
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in the perspective of the architecture. There may well have been more than two artists involved. The author concludes that
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apprenticeship with Botticelli, and in 1472 was recorded as his assistant. Whether the panel known as
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Mordecai Lamenting ; Esther Faints Before Ahasuerus ; Haman Begs For Mercy In Vain
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appropriate for this. Theologians saw the relationship between Esther and Ashuerus as a
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is the title of a series of six panel paintings by the Italian Renaissance painters
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may be painted by a third, less expert, painter after a cartoon by Botticelli.
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and produced in the 1470s. They originally decorated the sides of a pair of
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and Artistic Works (AIC) 2010 Annual Meeting, Volume: Postprints,
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The original patron and context of the paintings is unknown. The
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is first recorded in 1816 in the collection of Prince Giuseppe
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Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman
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Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
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A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts
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Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist
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Wind, writing when some of the owners were different.
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Annunciation with St John the Baptist and St Andrew
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Index


Ahasuerus
Musée Condé

Louvre
Sandro Botticelli
Filippino Lippi
Esther
cassoni

National Gallery of Canada
infrared reflectography
vanishing points
prefiguration
National Gallery of Canada
musée Condé
Vashti
Museo Horne
Mordecai
Mordecai
Ahasuerus
Haman
musée du Louvre
Esther at the Palace Gate
Vashti Rejected
La Derelitta, possibly Mordecai Weeping
Rospigliosi
Masaccio
Jacob Burckhardt
underdrawing

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