FLORIS Frans (Attributed to) (Antwerp 1516 - id. ; 1570) Sovereign handing his sceptre to a queen (Esther receiving the sceptre from the hand of Ahasuerus (?) Pen, brown ink and brown wash over black stone check. Glued to sheet (Stains and soiling; small lacks in the upper corners; traces of accident in the upper part). Annotated lower right in pen and brown ink Franciscus Floris ; Numbered upper right 35 (?) Trace of a blue collector's mark lower left (cut) H. 28 - W. 32.5 cm General bibliography: For works by Frans Floris inspired by his stay in Italy and offering similarities with our composition (Muscius Scaevola before Porsenna; Salomon and the Queen of Sheba) please refer to Edward H. Wouk, Frans Floris (1519 / 20 - 1570): Imagining a Northern Renaissance - 3 - Iter Italicum: Floris's Italian Journey in Context (pp. 71 - 120) & 5 - The Floris Workshop Practice: Practice, Theory, Ritual, pp. 160 - 215) (2018). Expert: Patrice DUBOIS