Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Roundel with the Hanging of Haman (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.40)Sacred Art & IconographyRoundel with the Hanging of Haman (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.40)Colorless glass, silver stain and vitreous paint, style of Jan Swart van Groningen, ca. 1530 to 1540, Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.24.40Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Roundel with the Hanging of Haman (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.40)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/haman-met-32-24-40.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Roundel with the Hanging of Haman (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.40). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/haman-met-32-24-40Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-roundel-with-the-hanging-of-haman-metrop, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Roundel with the Hanging of Haman (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.40)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/haman-met-32-24-40}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA stained glass roundel titled "Roundel with the Hanging of Haman," in the style of Jan Swart van Groningen, ca. 1530 to 1540. Haman is shown executed on the gallows he built for Mordecai, the closing turn of the Book of Esther after his plot against the Jewish people of Persia was exposed to King Ahasuerus. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, under accession 32.24.40.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMordecai, Figures Well-attested This source names Mordecai directly: "Haman is shown executed on the gallows he built for Mordecai, the closing turn of the Book of Esther after his plot against the Jewish people of Persia was exposed to King Ahasuerus."Source Roundel with the Hanging of Haman, accession 32.24.40 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Persia, Regions Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "his plot against the Jewish people of Persia was exposed to King Ahasuerus."Source Roundel with the Hanging of Haman, accession 32.24.40 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionJudaism, Religions Well-attested Source Roundel with the Hanging of Haman, accession 32.24.40 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsHaman, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this roundel names the subject and his fate outright, "the Hanging of Haman," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source Roundel with the Hanging of Haman, accession 32.24.40 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesRoundel with the Hanging of Haman, accession 32.24.40 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 32.24.40View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year