Job Conversing with His Friends

1547

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of a group of figures and an angel in a classical scene. The artwork depicts four seated figures engaged in a serious conversation, each displaying expressive gestures and facial expressions. They are clad in period clothing and are positioned under a tree. To the left, a sack rests on the ground. Central in the scene is a standing woman gesturing with her hands, while an angelic figure hovers above her in the sky. The backdrop displays ancient architecture with the details of stone bricks and arches creating depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1167

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 17, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 17, i/ii.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 17, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961837

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