Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2023.

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4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2016.

Job Restored To Prosperity

Artist Laurant de La Hyre (French, 1606-1656)

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)

ClassificationsEuropean art

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.512

Terms

People
Religion
Job
Old Testament
Animals
Children
Lilac
Green
Blue
Brown

Collections

European Art before 1945

On View

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