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Attributed to Pieter Fransz. de Grebber (Haarlem,...

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Attributed to Pieter Fransz. de Grebber (Haarlem, 1573 ? - c. 1649) Esther fasting after reading Mordecai's letter informing her of the plot against the king Canvas. Height 81.5 Width 97 cm. Carved and gilded wooden frame (Height 99 Width 115 cm). Provenance : Parisian collection. Attributed to Pieter Fransz. de Grebber. A painting depicting the fast of Esther. In a carved giltwood frame. The subject of our painting is taken from the Book of Esther 2:22. A composition very similar to ours was presented for sale by Müller in December 1938, no.16 (canvas, Height 114 Width 129 cm, monogrammed PDG; then Art Dealer Vermeulen, The Hague, 1949 - na 1949, Art Dealer K.W. Bachstitz, The Hague, inv./cat.nr Ru 302 G 35- 1949).