Biblia Sacra - Illustration

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Title	messengers present themselves to Job, each reporting a new disaster, the first messenger reports the theft of Job's oxen and asses by the Sabeans, the second messenger reports that lightning has struck Job's sheep and shepherds, the third messenger reports the seizure of Job's camels by three bands of Chaldeans, the last messenger announces the death of Job's children, killed in a storm which razed the house in which they were having a feast, Job on the dunghill visited by his friends (and wife)
Type	Illustration
Sizes	96x220
Material	Copper engraving
Colour	Black
Artist	Borcht, Pieter van der
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra	1702
Iconclass	71W31,71W311,71W312,71W313,71W314,71W54
Iconclass description	messengers present themselves to Job, each reporting a new disaster, the first messenger reports the theft of Job's oxen and asses by the Sabeans, the second messenger reports that lightning has struck Job's sheep and shepherds, the third messenger reports the seizure of Job's camels by three bands of Chaldeans, the last messenger announces the death of Job's children, killed in a storm which razed the house in which they were having a feast, Job on the dunghill visited by his friends (and wife)
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