Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a broadly popular symbol of courage and resistance.

Like Rembrandt, Lievens used contrasts ... grand master of complex narrative scenes taken from ancient history, classical mythology and the Bible. Still a boy when he returned to Leiden two ...

Rembrandt’s “Jewish Heroine from the Hebrew Bible,” the central painting ... Rembrandt’s heroine is captured at her toilette, behind the scenes. She could be readying herself to appear before her ...

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Thomas Kaplan has announced plans to sell Young Lion Resting, a rare Rembrandt drawing, to support wildlife conservation ...