Repin I. E. Job and Friends

Repin I. E.

1844, Chuguyev (Kharkiv Province) - 1930, Kuokkala (Finland)

Job and Friends

1869

oil on canvas. 133 x 199
Ж-4079
Пост.: 1924 из 33-й трудовой школы (бывшей гимназии Человеколюбивого общества), Ленинград

Period Late 19th century
CategoryBiblical Subject
Keywords Art of the 1860s | martyrs | Biblical Characters | mountain landscape
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- Ilya Repin. To the 175th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth
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The Old Testament tells the story of the sufferings of Job. Although he loses all his possessions, buries his children and is covered with sores, Job still refuses to condemn God. His friends are dumbfounded when they come to visit him. This scene was depicted by Ilya Repin for an Academy programme. The young artist was awarded a minor gold medal for this work in 1869. Russian Museum: From Icons to the Modern Times. Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2015. P. 173.

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