Job and His Family

1825

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

The illustration features a group of figures, with the entirety of their upper bodies and most of their lower bodies shown. The central figure, an older man with a long beard, stands in the middle, flanked by eight younger people on each side. The figures are posed upright, some with hands clasped in front of them. The older man has long, flowing hair, while the others have shorter, neatly styled hair. They wear simple, flowing robes. Rows of sheep surround them, with a large tree in the background holding musical instruments. Tent-like structures and a crescent moon are visible in the landscape against a hilly terrain. The sky is bright. The image is bordered by text featuring scriptural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.5 × 22.3 cm (10 1/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1803

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 626

  • Series Title

    Book of Job: plate 1


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

1965

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 24.

1967

  • Master Prints on Biblical Themes, Sloan Galleries at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, 1967, no cat.

Bibliography

1978

  • Bindman, David. The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.

Wikidata ID

Q64962538

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