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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Fenway

The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt

Now showing6 August 2026 – 18 January 2027·$25

Dutch paintings, tapestries, Persian textiles and Jewish ceremonial objects trace how the biblical heroine Esther became a shared symbol for Jewish and Protestant communities in the 1600s Netherlands.

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