Schehrezade the Clever is a painting by Esther Newman-Cohen which was uploaded on March 19th, 2015.
Schehrezade the Clever
Schehrezade is a legendary Persian queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights. The story goes that every day Shahryar (Persian: the... more
Title
Schehrezade the Clever
Artist
Esther Newman-Cohen
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
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Schehrezade is a legendary Persian queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights. The story goes that every day Shahryar (Persian: the king) would marry a new virgin, and after doing so would dispatch the previous day's wife to be beheaded. This was done in anger, having found out that his first wife was unfaithful to him. He had killed 1,000 such women by the time he was introduced to Scheherazade, the vizier's daughter. Against her father's wishes, Scheherazade volunteered to spend one night with the king. Once in the king's chambers, Scheherazade asked if she might bid one last farewell to her beloved sister, Dunyazade, who had secretly been prepared to ask Scheherazade to tell a story during the long night. The king lay awake and listened with awe as Scheherazade told her first story. The night passed by, and Scheherazade stopped in the middle of the story. The king asked her to finish, but Scheherazade said there was no time, as dawn was breaking. So, the king spared her life for one day to finish the story the next night. The next night, Scheherazade finished the story and then began a second, even more exciting tale which she again stopped halfway through at dawn. Again, the king spared her life for one more day to finish the second story.
And so the King kept Scheherazade alive day by day, as he eagerly anticipated the finishing of the previous night's story. At the end of 1,001 nights, and 1,000 stories, Scheherazade told the king that she had no more tales to tell him. During these 1,001 nights, the king had fallen in love with Scheherazade, and spared her life, and made her his queen.
This is a signed original work painted in oil on canvas.
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March 19th, 2015
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Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, Cristiana, for featuring this work in the Painters Painters Painters Group!
Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, Navin, for featuring this work in the Top100 Qualitative Artists' Group!
Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, Chrisann, for featuring this work in the Weekly Fun For ALL Mediums Group!
Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, First Star Art, for featuring this work in the Heroes and Heroines Group!
Madalena Lobao-Tello
CONGRATULATIONS!! Featured on Women Painters. Great work! Love how you have done this!!!
Esther Newman-Cohen replied:
Thanks so much, Madalena, for featuring this work in the Women Painters – Hand Paintings Only Group!
Christel Roelandt
Amazing and unique portrait, Esther, I just LOVE it!! Immediately caught me eye! Have a great weekend, Christel. L&F&T
Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, Lyric, for featuring this work in the Out of the Ordinary Group!
Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, Julie, for featuring this work in the Impressionists of the 21st Century Group!
Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, Colette, for featuring this work in the Paints and Art Photography Group!