Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Junius, Hadrianus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Muller, Harmen Jansz, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, De acht zaligsprekingen, Van de Acht Saligheden op den Bergh Thabor, Blessed are the poor in spirit, Job hears the bad news from four messengers, bottom right - handwritten in brown ink, Job hears from four messengers about the disaster that has befallen him. Behind him stands his wife, who holds her handkerchief in front of her face. In the landscape we see how Job's cattle and camels are stolen, how lightning strikes his shepherds and cattle and how the house, in which Job's children were having a party, collapses in the storm. Print is part of a series about the eight beatitudes of Christ and illustrates the beatitude: Blessed are the poor in spirit. On the stairs a stone with this text from Mat. 5:3 in Latin. At the bottom in the margin a verse in Latin about the beatitude. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, 34, height 214 mm, width 247 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1564 - 1568, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie, 1592 - 1656-04

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