The second feast of Esther: Haman bows before Esther, seeking her pardon for his plan to kill her and all other Jews; King Ahasuerus returns to the room in rage and misinterprets his action. Engraving, 17--.

Bible, Apocrypha, Esther 7.7-8: "the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house?"