Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

While the identification with Esther is not entirely ironclad — the Jews have no shortage of heroines — it appears likely given Rembrandt’s etching “The Great Jewish Bride,” where he depicted his wife ...

The researchers expected to find not pararealgar, but rather orpiment, an arsenic-laden mineral that Rembrandt used in later paintings like The Jewish Bride. After discovering the pararealgar and ...