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Job Covered with Sores
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Job Covered with Sores

anonymous · 1585 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

In the sky Satan asks God if he may test Job. Then Satan brings his calamity upon Job. Job sits on the dunghill and his skin is covered with sores. His wife urges him to curse God, but Job does not. In the background the raid on Job's cattle. Below the depiction a reference in Latin to the biblical text in Job 2. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineJob met zweren bedekt. 1585. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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