Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, History of Job, Job hears the bad news from messengers, 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. The landscape shows 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 holding a party, collapses in the storm. In the sky the tetragram, as a symbol of God the Father and the inhabitants of heaven who are making their appearance. Below the representation is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Job 1:14. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 217 mm, width 267 mm, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher
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