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Job, His Wife and Friends
late 18th or early 19th century
Johann Carl Loth (Artist) German, 1632-1698 Johann Elias Haid (Artist) German, 1780-1809
Mezzotint in ink on laid paper
Plate: 15 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (40 × 47 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 20 5/8 inches (42.2 × 52.4 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S574
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower right: Grave par Iean Elie Haid. Inscribed, lower left: Peint par Charles Loth. Inscribed, lower center: JOB, SA FEMME ET SES AMIS | Grave d'apres le Tableau original de Charles Loth, | de la hauteur de 3. pieds et 11. pouces et de la longeur de 5. pieds | Dedie a Monsieur Paul de Stetten le Pere, Senateur Patricien, Depute au Departement de la taille, | Proviseur des Ecoles Protestantes de la ville imperiale d'Augsbourg, | Posseseur du Tableau Inscribed, bottom left edge of plate: Se vend a Augsbourg chez I. Iaque Haid; bottom right: par son tres humble serviteur | Jean Elie Haid. Inscribed, in pencil within plate mark, bottom left edge: Nagler
Provenance
December 1886, Bangs Sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Johann Elias Haid; after Johann Carl Loth, Job, His Wife and Friends, late 18th or early 19th century, mezzotint in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S574.
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