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General

Title Job covered with sores (or boils) takes his abode on a dunghill (pile of ashes) and scrapes his body with a potsherd, Job is derided by his friends (and his wife) for refusing to give up his faith
Type Illustration
Sizes 108x87
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 71W51,71W544
Iconclass description Job covered with sores (or boils) takes his abode on a dunghill (pile of ashes) and scrapes his body with a potsherd, Job is derided by his friends (and his wife) for refusing to give up his faith
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Job) 1 Ooo4v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Job) vol.1 p.Ooo4v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Job) vol.1 p.Ooo4v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

Bibliographic references

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