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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Rembrandt's Heroine from the Old Testament (Esther or Bathsheba), ca. 1632-33


  • Date iconMay 12 2005 - August 13 2005
  • Curator(s): Shlomit Steinberg
  • Oil on canvas
  • : Rembrandt
From the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. This fine example of Rembrandt's genius, created when he was only twenty-seven years old, raises many intriguing questions, the main one concerning the identity of its central character: is she the pious Esther or the seductive Bathsheba?