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Alphonse Legros — Job (First Plate)
Alphonse Legros

Job (First Plate)

1857

Among the artist's earliest and most ambitious prints, this biblical scene combines etching and drypoint to create profound psychological depth in depicting human suffering.

Medium
etching and drypoint

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Alphonse Legros, Job (First Plate), 1857

Among the artist's earliest and most ambitious prints, this biblical scene combines etching and drypoint to create profound psychological depth in depicting human suffering.

Medium
etching and drypoint
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Dark, Monochrome, French, Suffering, 19th Century, Etching and Drypoint, Religious, Biblical, Narrative, Figurative

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago