Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Geschiedenis van Job, Van den Heylighen Iob, Job hears the bad news from messengers, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, Job hears from three messengers about the disaster that has befallen him. His wife stands in the doorway, holding her handkerchief in front of her face. In the landscape we see how Job's cattle and camels are stolen, how his shepherds and cattle have been killed by lightning and how the house in the city on the left, where Job's children were having a party, collapses in the storm. In the sky the tetragram, as a symbol of God the Father and the inhabitants of heaven who make their appearance. Below the representation a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Job 1:14. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, 237, height 215 mm, width 266 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, 1592 - 1656-04
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