Esther  1865

Oil on Canvas [br] [i]Esther[/i] is a painting depicting the central character from the [i]Biblical Book of Esther[/i]. It is from Millais's [b]Aesthetic[/b] phase, when he was influenced by the work of Frederic Leighton and James McNeill Whistler. The painting depicts Esther, the Jewish wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus, as she prepares to enter the presence of her h...