Want to be Alone With a Rembrandt and a Queen? Here’s Your Chance.
A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...
The New York Sun14d
When Queen Esther and Rembrandt Took Amsterdam by Storm
The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest ...
The Times of Israel on MSN14d
Drawing on Dutch masters, NY exhibit explores Christians painting themselves into Purim parable
The larger-than-life oil painting ... ought to “fully appreciate Rembrandt’s brilliance and his ability to take these stories ...
The Forward20d
Why Queen Esther was the star in the age of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam
In galleries, you could see the queen, who Jews commemorate every Purim for her salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia, in paintings by Rembrandt, his pupils and contemporaries.