Satan Challenges God to Remove his Protection from Job

1562

Maerten van Heemskerck

Associated Names
Maerten van Heemskerck

Artist, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

This is a drawing of a scene featuring a central bearded figure seated on clouds holding an orb, gesturing towards surrounding figures. Numerous figures are depicted standing and seated on clouds, appearing engaged in discourse or gathering. Some figures face the central figure while others interact with each other. Winged figures are seen in the upper left corner and among the clouds. Musculature and draped fabrics are detailed, adding dynamism. An orb is present, potentially symbolizing power or authority. Fine lines and cross-hatching provide depth and texture in the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on laid paper, incised for transfer

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.2 x 24.8 cm (7 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
    mount: 28.5 x 37.8 cm (11 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi, London, by 1958); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1958; bequest to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1975

  • Drawing: Techniques and Types. The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1975, no. A 14.

1991

  • Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Joseph F. McCrindle. The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1991, no. 73 (cat. by Frederick A. den Broeder).

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 28-29, no. 3 (entry by Rozemarijn Landsman).

2016

  • Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1993

  • Veldman, Ilja M., compiler. The New Hollstein. Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts 1450-1700. Maarten van Heemskerck. Edited by Ger Luitjen. 2 parts. Roosendaal, 1993-1994: pt. 1, 140 (under no. 164).

1994

  • Harris, Ann Sutherland. Review of Frederick A. den Broeder. Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Joseph F. McCrindle. Master Drawings 32, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 68.

Inscriptions

signed, dated, and numbered by artist, on three clouds at lower right in pen and brown ink: 1562 / 4 / M. Heemskerck / inventor; by unknown hand [old Dutch script], across middle verso in graphite: Historie van Job/no 30--van Heemskercke

Wikidata ID

Q64594611

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