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| Keywords: Russian - Bowl with Judah and Lion Surrounded by Scened from the Book of Esther - Walters 4446.jpg The source for the scenes on this bowl and on a similar one in the Moscow Kremlin Armory inv MP-1079 is the illustrated Bible of Nicholaus Johannes Piscator 1586-1652 a Dutch publisher and engraver This Bible was translated into Russian in the 1670s and became a source for images on objects and church frescoes The paintings like the inscriptions are freely adapted there are more scenes on the bowl than are illustrated in the Piscator Bible and sometimes a single scene has been painted in two parts to accommodate the lobes of the bowl The image in the central medallion seems to allude to the young Russian Czar Peter I r 1682-1725 while the surrounding scenes from the Book of Esther may refer to his mother the Czarina Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina Formerly attributed to a Solvychegodsk workshop the bowl is more likely to have been made in Moscow ca 1690 Early Modern silver gilt painted and filigree enamel Diam cm 25 72 accession number 44 46 24647 Alexandre Polovtsoff Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov Saint Petersburg and Paris by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation Jacob s son from whom Christ descended Judah said that the lion will mightily conquer the enemies cf Rev 5 5 Out of a thousand virgins Esther alone finds favor with the king and receives from him a royal crown on her head cf Esther 2 17 Mordecai served in the palace He commands Esther not to reveal her kindred The same he commanded about her people cf Esther 2 19-20 For seven days in the house of King Artaxerxes Ahasuerus his officials and servants made merry and people of all ages ate cf Esther 2 18 Two chiefs of the guard of the king s bed grieved because Mordecai had been promoted sought to kill King Artaxerxes Ahasuerus cf Esther 2 21 Aman Haman most fierce enemy of the Jews swaggers and takes a ring from the king s finger cf Esther 3 1 10 Messengers are sent by Aman Haman throughout Artaxerxes Ahasuerus kingdom with a letter commanding to exterminate the race of the Jews in one day cf Esther 3 13 Esther sends the eunuch Achrathaeus Hathach to Mordecai to learn the truth And Mordecai told her what had happened to him cf Esther 4 5-7 Esther approaches the king with a perturbed heart but not with sad news and summons to a great banquet cf Esther 5 1-4 Aman Haman is accused the queen reveals his evil deed and he is hung upon the cross prepared for Mordecai cf Esther 7 5-10 Russian Art Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1959-1960 The Hebrew Bible in Christian Jewish Muslim Art The Jewish Museum New York 1963 A Millennium of Christianity Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 place of origin Moscow Russia Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Russia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Piscator Bible Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Solvychegodsk | ||||
