towered above her

[inner_languor]

Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести фразу "towered about her" в следующем контексте:

She had turned into one room and there in front of her was the most brazen picture she had ever seen. She had taken out her glasses and examined the label. "Somebody-or-other at her toilette". The painter was French, of course. This bare-chested woman TOWERED ABOVE HER. Hester or Esther.

Hester or Esther - как вы думаете, это следует перевести просто как имена?

Заранее спасибо.

[Shumov]

1. http://multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=phr&s=towered+above&sc=0&L1=1&L2=2

2. Два варианта написания одного имени.