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Mordecai Foils a Plot Against King Ahasuerus
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Mordecai Foils a Plot Against King Ahasuerus

Philips Galle · 1564 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Mordecai hears by chance how two bodyguards of the king plan an attack. To the back right at a door Mordecai tells what he has heard to Queen Esther. In the background on a gallery Esther warns Ahasuerus of the bodyguards.

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Credit lineMordechai verijdelt een aanslag op koning Ahasveros. 1564. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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