Job Restored To Prosperity
Artist
Laurant de La Hyre
(French, 1606-1656)
CultureFrench
Date1648
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 51 3/4 x 39 3/4 in. (131.4 x 101 cm)
Overall, Frame: 58 1/2 x 46 1/2 in. (148.6 x 118.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 58 1/2 x 46 1/2 in. (148.6 x 118.1 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated lower left: "L. De La Hire, in. & F.1648".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.512
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis oil on canvas painting depicts the moment when God finally ends Job's suffering and restores the wealth of Job (42:1-12). The weary Job sits while friends and family show their gratitude. Seven figures move toward Job, cloaked in red on the left. He is seated on the ruins with one foot resting on a stone; two children and a woman in bright blue form a diagonal line in the direction of Job. In the middle ground, a man carries a sheep. The background is a classical landscape and architectural ruins. The sky is blue and placid with large cumulus clouds.Label TextLaurent de La Hyre French, 1606–1656 Job Restored to Prosperity, 1648 Oil on canvas Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.512 ProvenanceSir Samson Gideon, Belvedere House, 1766; Sir Culling Eardley, Belvedere House, 1857; Eardley sale, Christie's, London, June 30, 1860; Lord Forester, 1862; probably Marquis of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall; sale, Christie's, London, March 16, 1945; sale, Sotheby's, London, March 23, 1949; private collection, France; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 21, 1952; Julius Weitzner, New York, 1953; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1953; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, 1971. Exhibition HistoryBritish Institution, London, 1862. "Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Seattle Art Museum; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Minneapolis Art Institute; St. Louis City Art Museum; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City; Detroit Institute of Arts; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 2, 1956 - April 14, 1957. (Exhib. cat. no. 56). "Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown Inaugural Exhibition," Provincetown, Massachusetts,1958. (Exhib. cat. no. 34 as "The Offering to Job"). "1550-1650: A Century of Masters from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Fort Worth Art Center, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, and University of Texas, Austin, Sept. 7, 1962 - March 31, 1963. (Exhib. cat. p. 40). "Vouet to Rigaud. French Masters of the Seventeenth Century," Finch College Museum of Art, New York, April 20 - June 18, 1967. (Exhib. cat. no. 29). "Homage to the Louvre," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, May - Sept., 1976. "Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, June 12 - Sept. 5, 1977. (Exhib. cat. no. 11 as "Alms to Belisarius"). "France in the Golden Age: 17th-Century French Paintings from American Collections," Palais du Louvre, Paris, Jan. 29 - April 26, 1982; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 26 - August 22, 1982; Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 18 - Nov. 28, 1982. "French Paintings from the Chrysler Museum," North Carolina Museum of Art, May 31- Sept. 14, 1986; Birmingham Museum of Art, Nov. 6, 1986 - Jan. 18, 1987. (Exhib. cat. no. 4). Published ReferencesBertina S. Manning. _Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.: An Exhibition Organized by the Portland Art Museum, Oregon_. Portland: Portland Art Association. 1956. No. 56. *See for further references. Exhibition catalog. _1550-1650, A Century of Masters from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._. Fort Worth: Fort Worth Art Center. 1962. Page 40. *See for further references. Exhibition catalogue. _Vouet to Rigaud: French Masters of the Seventeenth Century_. New York: Finch College Museum of Art. 1967. No. 29. *See for further references. Eric M. Zafran and Mario Amaya. _Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._. Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville. 1977. No. 11. *See for further references. Chrysler Museum. _Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Chrysler Museum_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 1982: 34 as "The Offering of Alms to Belisarius." Exhibition catalog. _France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-Century French Paintings in American Collections_. Paris: Grand Palais. 1982. No. 32 P. Rosenberg. "France in the Golden Age: A Postscript," _Metropolitan Museum Journal_. 17. 1982: 28. Jean-Pierre Cuzin. "French Seventeenth-Century Paintings from American Collections," _Burlington Magazine_. 104. 08/1982: 530. Thomas W. Sokolowski. "France in the Golden Age," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Vol. 12, no. 8. 08/1982: 1-4. Rose R. Weil, Editor. "Museum News," _Art Journal_. Winter 1982: 331. Jefferson C. Harrison. _French Paintings from the Chrysler Museum_. The Chrysler Museum. 1986. No. 4. *See for further references. Pierre Rosenberg and Jacques Thuillier. _Laurent de la Hyre (1606-1656): L'homme et L'oeuvre_. Geneva and Grenoble: Editions d'Art Albert Skira S.A. and Musée de Grenoble. 1988: 21 (ill.), 280-281. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991, 36, #28. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 27, fig. 17. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, _Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Book of Job_ (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2014) front cover.
