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Job on the dunghill
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Job on the dunghill

anonymous · 1579 · engraving; paper

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. One of his friends sits in sackcloth and ashes: he has strewn ash on his head. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Biblical text in Job 2. Print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineJob op de mesthoop. 1579. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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