Category:The Toilette of Esther (Théodore Chassériau - Louvre RF 3900)

**The Toilette of Esther**
	painting by Théodore Chassériau, 1841
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	washing;
Depicts	woman, white people, Esther lili, toplessness, sitting, navel, breast, areola, nipple, barefoot, armpit, blond hair, waist-length hair, bracelet, necklace, hairstyle, domestic worker, headscarf, Hegai, eunuch, Black people, jewelry box, tree, sky, clothed male, naked female, kneeling, man and waist
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	religious art; nude;
Location	Room 942, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris, Île-de-France, Metropolitan France, France
Creator	Théodore Chassériau;
Owned by	Arthur Chassériau (–1934); Louis Marcotte de Quivières; French State (1934–);
Based on	Book of Esther;
Collection	Department of Paintings of the Louvre (1934–);
Inventory number	RF 3900 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre);
Inception	1841;
Significant event	bequest (1934);
Width	35.5 ±0.1 cm;
Height	45.5 ±0.1 cm;
Religion or worldview	Christianity;
Authority file
	Q3918344; BabelNet ID: 02091215n; Joconde work ID: 000PE000473; BALaT object ID: 40005193; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010060208
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The Toilette of Esther (Théodore Chassériau - Louvre RF 3900)

Artist



Alternative names	Theodore Chasseriau; Chasseriau; Theodore Chassériau
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	20 September 1819	8 October 1856
Location of birth/death	El Limón (Dominican Republic)	Paris
Work location	Paris, Rome, Algiers
Authority file	: Q342467 VIAF: 14893335 ISNI: 0000000080941556 ULAN: 500115358 LCCN: n80051057 MusicBrainz: fbe9a9cd-f668-44de-9fed-24e387bc1551 WGA: c/chasseri Open Library: OL927269A GND: 118669125 SUDOC: 050551558 BNF: 126479950 NDL: 00435792 NKC: ola2002150747 Léonore: [ LH//500/62] CiNii: DA09013952 NLP: a0000001747486 RKD: 16496 J9U: 987007439750005171 Koninklijke: 06867726X WorldCat

Title

French:

Esther se parant pour être présentée au roi Assuérus, dit La toilette d'Esther

Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus

Object type

Genre

Depicted people

Date

1841

Medium

Dimensions

height: 45.5 cm (17.9 in)

; width: 35.5 cm (13.9 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Accession number

RF 3900

Object history

Exhibition history

Exhibition history
- Salon des artistes français, Paris, 1842 ; - peintres orientalistes français, Paris, 1897 ; - Exposition Universelle, centennale de l'art français, Paris, 1900 ; - Dresde, 1904 ; - Paris, 1922 ; - art français, Londres, 1932 ; - Chassériau, Paris, 1933

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