FRENCH SCHOOL CIRCA 1650 Esther before Ahasuerus Four-lobed canvas Baroque style frame Height : 140 cm Width : 140 cm (Old restorations) Provenance : Château des Forges in Commentry (Allier). Bibliography: Guennola Thivolle, La peinture en Bourbonnais du XVIème au XVIIIème siècle, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2019 ("The style and the characteristic representation of the figures make it possible to attribute this painting to the painter Isaac Moillon, who may have produced it while working in Aubusson").