• Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris, by purchase
• Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase
• 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
  

[Translation] Jacob?s son, from whom Christ descended. Judah said [that] the lion will mightily conquer the enemies (cf. Rev. 5:5). Out of a thousand [virgins], Esther alone finds favor with the king and receives from him a royal crown on her head (cf. Esther 2:17). Mordecai served in the palace. He commands Esther not to reveal her kindred. The same he commanded about her people (cf. Esther 2:19-20). For seven days in the house of King Artaxerxes (Ahasuerus) his officials and servants made merry, and people of all ages ate (cf. Esther 2:18). Two chiefs of the guard of the king?s bed, grieved because Mordecai had been promoted, sought to kill King Artaxerxes (Ahasuerus) (cf. Esther 2:21). Aman (Haman), most fierce enemy of the Jews, swaggers [and] takes a ring from the king?s finger (cf. Esther 3:1.10). Messengers are sent by Aman (Haman) throughout Artaxerxes? (Ahasuerus?) kingdom with a letter [commanding] to exterminate the race of the Jews in one day (cf. Esther 3:13). Esther sends the eunuch Achrathaeus (Hathach) to Mordecai to learn the truth. And Mordecai told her what had happened to him (cf. Esther 4:5-7). Esther approaches the king with a perturbed heart but not with sad news, [and] summons to a great banquet (cf. Esther 5:1-4).