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Fragmentary Plate, Painted in Blue with Job on the Dung Heap or the Good Samaritan with a Passing Priest
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Fragmentary Plate, Painted in Blue with Job on the Dung Heap or the Good Samaritan with a Passing Priest

anonymous · c. 1650 - c. 1670 · painting technique; earthenware; tin glaze; faience

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Fragmentary plate of blue-painted faience. On the plate is painted a landscape with the representation of Job on the dunghill or the Good Samaritan with a passing priest. The plate is a find from the ground, parts of the rim are missing.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineFragmentarisch bord, in blauw beschilderd met Job op de mestvaalt of de Barmhartige Samaritaan met voorbijgaande priester. c. 1650 - c. 1670. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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