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Job on the dunghill
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Job on the dunghill

1579 · engraving; paper

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

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Job sits on a dunghill and is visited and mocked by his friends. One of his friends sits in sackcloth and ashes, having strewn ashes on his head. Below the image, a Latin reference to the biblical text in Job 2.

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Credit lineJob op de mesthoop. 1579. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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