Chagall depicts a scene from one of his favorite subject matters, the Old Testament. Here, Ahasuerus, the king of Persia, summons his wife to appear before him wearing only her crown. When Vashti ...
Persian King Xerxes thought to be Biblical Ahasuerus ‘famous example of arrogance’ The story of Esther would have taken place in the third year of Xerxes’ reign in 483 BCE, noted Dr. Yigal Bloch, ...