Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: San Sebastiano Nave Decoration; Banishment of Vashti
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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San Sebastiano Nave Decoration; Banishment of Vashti
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Alternate Title:
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Repudiation of Vashti
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Image View:
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General view shown with ceiling stuccowork
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Creator:
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Paolo Veronese (Italian painter, 1528-1588)
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Location:
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repository: San Sebastiano (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Campo di San Sebastiano, Rio di San Basilio
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GPS:
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+45.432+12.32
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Date:
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1556 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance; Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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ceiling
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Work Type 2:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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500 cm (height) x 370 cm (width)
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Relation Work:
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partOf San Sebastiano Nave Decoration
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Subjects:
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Old Testament and Apocrypha; rulers and leaders; Venetian
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Description:
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Following a commission by Prior Bernardo Torlioni, the Verona-born painter Paolo Veronese spent three periods between 1555 and 1570 decorating various parts of the interior of San Sebastiano. One theme is the Book of Esther, shown in the three large paintings on the ceiling of the nave: Esther Crowned by Ahasuerus (rectangular, in the center), The Triumph of Mordecai (oval), and The Banishment of Vashti (oval). Veronese's biographer Carlo Ridolfi identified the picture as Esther confronting Ahasuerus, but a different interpretation is now more widely accepted. Only when the Persian king Ahasuerus had repudiated his disobedient wife Vashti did he choose Esther as his wife. This scene is the moment of repudiation. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-VERON-SS-A-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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