Ahasuerus Consulting the Book of Chronicles, from The Story of Esther
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Story of Esther
Artist: Philips Galle|Maarten van Heemskerck
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp|Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498–1574 Haarlem
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish|Netherlandish
Date: 1564
Medium: Engraving; first state of three (New Hollstein)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 × 9 3/4 in. (20.3 × 24.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1958
Accession year: 1958