Job and his friends

Beschrijving

Job sitting on the left, talking to his three friends who are also sitting on the ground. Standing behind them Job’s wife turned towards her husband with her arms raised. Behind the group a low wall, partially overgrown by vine, in the background some trees and ruins on the right. In the sky behind Job’s wife the half-length figure of God the Father. Signed HSB and dated above in the plate. Also lettered along the lower edge: ‘NON ESTIS LOQUUTI CORAM ME RECTUM, SICUT SERVUS MEUS HIOB. HIOB 42.’ (‘ You have not spoken of me right like my servant Job. Job 42’)