id: 143745 accession number: 1968.188.2 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.188.2 updated: 2022-01-04 16:38:31.714000 Esther before Ahasuerus, c. 1530. Dirk Vellert (Netherlandish, 1480/85-1547). Pot metal, white glass, and silver stain; overall: 69.3 x 47 cm (27 5/16 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1968.188.2 title: Esther before Ahasuerus title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1530 creation date earliest: 1525 creation date latest: 1535 current location: 112 Northern Renaissance creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Netherlands, South Lowlands, 16th century technique: pot metal, white glass, and silver stain department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Renaissance type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Dirk Vellert (Netherlandish, 1480/85-1547) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 69.3 x 47 cm (27 5/16 x 18 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Dr. Hugo Oelze, Amsterdam; (Edward Speelman, Ltd., London). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Though also a painter and printmaker, Dierick (or Dirk) Vellert is best known as a designer of stained glass. Active in Antwerp, where he became a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1511, Vellert richly ornamented his work with garlands, masks, vases, and other classically inspired motifs. A great deal of his glass was exported. As an engraver, his prints owe a good deal to Albrecht Dürer and Luca van Leyden. These two panels depict famous incidents from the Old Testament featuring the rendering of judgment. Both may have originally been made for a council chamber or a court of justice. Conceivably, because of their subjects, they could have served as models of justice for the magistrates who deliberated within view of them. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 121 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n141 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.188.2/1968.188.2_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.188.2/1968.188.2_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.188.2/1968.188.2_full.tif