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The Toilette of Esther
The Toilette of Esther or Esther Preparing to be Presented to King Ahasuerus, is an 1841 oil-on-canvas painting by Théodore Chassériau. The painting depicts a moment from the scriptural Book of Esther, when Esther prepared to meet King Ahasuerus, ruler of Persia, who subsequently took her as his wife. The painting is in the Musée du Louvre. Vincent Pomarède of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon has described it as "one of the most famous (paintings) in the Louvre"
- Théodore Chassériau – "The Toilette of Esther" or "Esther Preparing to be Presented to King Ahasuerus"
- Auguste Couder – ""
- Gustave Courbet – ""
- Hippolyte Delaroche – "Hémicycle" in École des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg – ""
- William Etty – "Female Bathers Surprised by a Swan"
- Benjamin Haydon – ""
- John Martin – "Pandemonium" and "The Celestial City and the River of Bliss"