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DÜRER, Albrecht: Job and His Wife

🖼 Job and His Wife, c. 1504
Oil on panel
94 × 51 cm
Frankfurt, Germany

Rendered in precise engraving, Job sits emaciated and suffering while his wife gestures in despair, their figures carved with unflinching anatomical detail. Dürer's 1504 masterwork transforms biblical suffering into psychological intensity, establishing the Northern Renaissance's capacity for emotional depth and technical virtuosity.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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