Drei Freunde besuchen Hiob, um ihn zu trösten

Title

Drei Freunde besuchen Hiob, um ihn zu trösten

Draughtsman

• Eberhard von Wächter

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• composition study?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Wächter; unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Job

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Hiob 2,11-13

Primary

• 71W541 Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar go to Job to console him over his misfortunes (the three friends may be depicted as kings)

Secondary

• 33A14 embracing each other, kissing
• 31A25311 'caput manui innixum', head held in the hand(s)