Job and his family restored to prosperity

Blake, William (1757-1827)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1821
Height:
23.4 cm  (9 3/16 in.)
Width:
28.0 cm  (11 in.)
Technique / Medium:
pen and ink with watercolor over graphite

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Rosenwald Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1943.3.9018]

Description

Design for plate 21, Job: "Great and marvelous are they works, Lord". Shows Job playing harp, eight men and women playing double wind instrument, two folded trumpets, two curved/coiled trumpets, lute, harp, lyre and recorder(?).

People as subjects

Job (Biblical figure) (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]
Aulos [4173]
Natural trumpet [4419]
End-blown trumpet [6556]
Lute [3394]
Harp [3285]
Recorder [4039]
Lyre [3501]

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RIdIM record id

159