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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


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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