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Job on the Dunghill
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Job on the Dunghill

Georg Pencz · 1544 - 1548 · engraving; paper

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

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Job sits on the dunghill while his wife shows him a dead child and two friends discuss with him. Behind Job stands a large bird extending its claw, this is Satan. In the background houses are burning and a girl runs away.

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Credit lineJob op de mesthoop. 1544 - 1548. Georg Pencz. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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