Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Artist bio: French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1658
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk
Dimensions: 11 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.  (30 x 44.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1997
Accession year: 1997
Tags: Palaces|Men|Women|Landscapes|Esther