PUSHKIN MUSEUM, Rembrandt Ahasuerus And Haman At The Feast Of Esther Room 10

The painting Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther is a masterpiece painted by Rembrandt around 1660, at the age of 54, nine years before his death.

Rembrandt, one of the greatest painters in the history of art and the most important Dutch artist, achieved the greatest results of his career in portraits of his contemporaries, in self-portraits and especially in illustrations of biblical scenes.

Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther illustrates an episode from the Book of Esther in the Old Testament....