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Job (Biblical figure)

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  • A man suffering from ulcers all over his body (Job?). Photograph of a sculpture.
  • A man suffering from ulcers all over his body (Job?). Photograph of a sculpture.
  • Job and his three friends: the speech of Bildad. Woodcut.
  • The sufferings and death of King Henry VI compared with the sufferings of Job: eight vignettes (nos. 9-16). Engraving, 1786.
  • Satan and the sons of God appear before God and challenge him to induce Job to curse God. Engraving by P .Galle, 1563, after M. van Heemskerck.
  • Job tormented by demons; his wife urges him to curse God. Line engraving by L. Vorsterman after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • The sufferings and death of King Henry VI compared with the sufferings of Job: sixteen vignettes. Etching, 1786.
  • Antiquities: musicians and the suffering Job painted on the back of a door; Roman coins; a Roman inscribed stone; and the plant Sweet gale. Engraving, 1786.
  • The sufferings and death of King Henry VI compared with the sufferings of Job: eight vignettes (nos. 1-8). Engraving, 1786.
  • Job. Woodcut attributed to the Petrarch Master, 1539.
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    Job. Woodcut attributed to the Petrarch Master, 1539.

    Petrarcameister, active 1516-1522. | Date: [1539] | Reference: 3216i
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    The torments of Job under a swirling sky dominated by God. Engraving by M. van Heemskerck, 1563.

    Heemskerk, Martin van, 1498-1574. | Date: 1563 | Reference: 20086i
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    The iconography of Job through the centuries : artists as Biblical interpreters / Samuel Terrien.

    Terrien, Samuel L., 1911-2002. | Date: [1996], ©1996
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    Job afflicted with boils, with his wife and comforters. Woodcut after Virgil Solis, 1568.

    Solis, Virgil, 1514-1562. | Reference: 340i
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    Job and his comforters. Etching by R. Staines, 18--, after B. Picart.

    Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733. | Date: [not after 1849?] | Reference: 2819200i
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