Jean Francois Portaels
(Belgium 1818–1895)
- Title
- Esther
- Alternative title:
- Esther allant implorer auprès d'Assuérus la grâce de son peuple
- Year
- circa 1869
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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139.5 x 110.0cm stretcher; 175.0 x 145.6 x 11.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., black oil "J. Portaels". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1884
- Accession number
- 5721
- Location
- Not on display
- Provenance (1)
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Messrs Wallis & Sons, French Gallery, London (England), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Messrs Wallis & Sons, French Gallery 1884
- Bibliography (3)
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Elizabeth Gertsakis (Author), Beyond Missolonghi, Melbourne, 1994, 5 (illus.).
History and Legend in some selected paintings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1980, 1980, 11 (illus.).
Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition, Domain, 1984, (illus.). no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (4)
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Royal Academy of Arts, 1869, Royal Academy of Arts, 1869–1869.
Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1984–May 1985.
Elizabeth Gertsakis: Beyond Missolonghi, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, 10 Aug 1994–03 Sep 1994.
Elizabeth Gertsakis: Beyond Missolonghi, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 May 1996–02 Jun 1996.
