Esther 1:1--10:3

•  Queen Vashti Deposed (Esther 1)

Vashti's defiance (CABANEL, Alexandre)	Ahasuerus sends Vashti away (CHAGALL, Marc)	And Memucan answered before the king and the princes … (CROMPTON, James Shaw)	Queen Vashti refusing to obey the command of Ahasuerus, The (DORÉ, Gustave)







(15 pictures)   Related Names:  VASHTI  |   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 1

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•  Esther Becomes Queen (Esther 2)

Esther made Queen (CAROLSFELD, Julius Schnorr von)	Esther and Ahasuerus (CAVALLINO, Bernardo)	So that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her his queen (CROMPTON, James Shaw)	Assueres adamavit Esther (DALÍ, Salvador)







(19 pictures)   Related Names:  ESTHER  |   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 2

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•  Haman's Plot to Destroy the Jews (Esther 3)

But Mordecai bowed not (CROMPTON, James Shaw)	Haman causes Ahasuerus to issue a decree that all the Jews are to be put to death (MASTER Azor)	Mordecai scorns Haman (NORMAND, Ernest)	Mordecai and his triumphant enemy (TISSOT, James)







(5 pictures)   Related Names:  HAMAN  |   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 3

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•  Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help (Esther 4)

Mordecai warns Esther (BARRIAS, Felix Joseph)	Esther and Mordecai (GELDER, Aert de)	Mordecai laments, Esther faints before Ahasuerus, and Haman implores Esther's grace in vain (LIPPI, Filippino)	There was loud mourning among the Jews (VALLOTTON, Annie)







(5 pictures)   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 4

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•  Esther's Request to the King (Esther 5:1-8)
It is sometimes difficult to decide whether an artwork depicts the banquet in Esther 5 or the one in chapter 7

Esther touches Ahasuerus's sceptre (Aurifaber Workshop, Associate of)	Esther kneels before Ahasuerus (BROUWER, Claes)	Ahasuerus invited by Esther (CHAGALL, Marc)	Esther before Ahasuerus (CRABBE van Espleghem, Frans)







(39 pictures)   Related Topics:  The Fall of Haman  |   Related Names:  ESTHER ;  HAMAN ;  AHASUERUS  |   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 5

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•  The Triumph of Mordecai (Esther 6)

Mordecai honoured (CAROLSFELD, Julius Schnorr von)	Triumph of Mordecai (DORÉ, Gustave)	Feast of Esther (FRANCKEN, Frans II)	Triumph of Mordecai, The (LASTMAN, Pieter Pietersz.)







(24 pictures)   Related Names:  MORDECAI  |   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 6

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•  The Fall of Haman (Esther 7)
It is sometimes difficult to decide whether an artwork depicts the banquet in Esther 5 or the one in chapter 7.

Festival of Esther, The (ARMITAGE, Edward)	Haman condemned (Armitage, Edward, After)	Haman on the gallows (Aurifaber Workshop, Associate of)	Esther appealing to King Ahasuerus against Haman * (BLAKE, William)







(35 pictures)   Related Topics:  Esther's Request to the King  |   Related Names:  ESTHER ;  HAMAN  |   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 7

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•  The Jews Are Saved (Esther 8)

So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out (CROMPTON, James Shaw)	Esther asks Ahasuerus to revoke the decree against the Jews. The death of Haman. (MASTER Azor)	Mordecai receives the king's ring (PICART, Bernard)	Mordecai receives the king's ring (POOL, Matthys)







(5 pictures)   Related Names:  JEWS  |   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 8

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•  Mordecai's High Rank (Esther 10)

Mordecai's honour * (TISSOT, James)

(1 pictures)   Related Names:  MORDECAI  |   Related Chapter:  ESTHER 10