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Job on the Dunghill
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Job sits on a dunghill and is visited and mocked by his friends. To the right stands his wife who also mocks him. According to the biblical text in Job 1. To the left in the landscape, the disasters that befall Job: his children are killed and his livestock stolen. Below the image, the title in Latin, a four-line verse in Latin, two four-line verses in Dutch and a four-line verse in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineJob op de mesthoop. 1652 - 1702. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
