Haman is arrested by order of Artaxerxes. Ca. 1784.
After the original by J.-F de Troy. 1740.
Engraving. 490x617.
Under the image in the center: AMAN ARRÊTÉ PAR ORDRE D'ASSUÉRUS; below: Dessiné et Gravé par J. Beauvarlet Graveur d’après le Tableau peint par F. de Troy Peintre; near the bottom edge of the sheet: A Paris chez l'Auteur, rue de Tournon près le Luxembourg; in the lower right corner of the sheet: Imprimé par Robbe.
Sheet 5 from the "History of Esther" series. The preparatory drawing for the engraving was exhibited at the Salon in 1777.
Inv. G 665.
Literature: Inventaire BNF XVIIIe s., t. 2, p. 252-255, No. 95.
Troy, Jean-François de (1679, Paris – 1752, Rome) – French Rococo painter, the son and student of François de Troy (1645–1730). Director of the French Academy in Rome.
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