The meeting of Haman and King Ahasuerus

The prototype of circa 1682/3, oil on canvas, 138.5 x 116.8 cm, has been in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham since 1947 (Arent de Gelder (1645-1727) Rembrandts laatste leerling, exhibition catalogue, Dordrecht, Cologne, 1998/9, pp.156/7, no.16, ill.).

The subject is taken from Esther III:8-9.