The triumph of Mordecai

Troy, Jean François de (1679-1752)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1736

Height:

86.0 cm  (33 7/8 in.)

Width:

150.2 cm  (59 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

On the far left side of this work is a soldier blowing a straight trumpet. The subject of the painting was inspired by the Book of Esther (6, 11) and by Racine's tragedy "Esther". The painting is a study for a tapestry cartoon (Musée des Arts, Louvre, Paris) that was painted in Rome in 1739.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3662