Jacopo del Sellaio, Ahasuerus’s Banquet
 
Date Description Source Reference
1490 A.D.  Three bell tents on the left middle ground. 

Left, brown bell tent, apex not shown, patterned roof edge decoration, door flap fringe in light coloured material, walls appear to have a patterning. 

Right, golden ball apex, roof has gold shapes on a red background with a wreath encircling the middle of the roof, a similar wreath decorates the roof edge, the walls are decorated in a light colouring in a floral pattern on a dark brown background. 

Centre, only the top of the roof is visible, golden ball apex, similar in pattern or roof to bell tent on the right but on a darker back ground.

 “Jacopo del Sellaio, Ahasuerus’s Banquet, 1490 circa, Tempera on wood, cm 45 *63, Inv. 1890, n. 491.” Galleria degli Uffizi. 

The painting probably decorated a wooden chest or a private furniture. The scene illustrates a biblical subject, the magnificent banquet offered by Ahusuerus, king of Persia. The painter really portrayed here a Renaissance feast, placed in the court of a Florentine patrician palace, where every detail is descripted: hostes sitting at the table, busy servants, the arrangement of the silver on the right and the splendid elegance of dresses and tapestries.”

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Other links.

JACOPO del SELLAIO, Italian painter, Florentine school (1442-1493)
The Banquet of Ahasuerus


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