Description
Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (1658).
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk. Original: 11 13/16 x 17 1/2 in. (30 x 44.4 cm).
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1997. Printed from The Met’s Open Access image (CC0). View the original at The Met (object 336489).