Job op de mesthoop 1538

"Job op de mesthoop" (Job on the Dunghill), created by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1538, depicts a scene from the biblical Book of Job. The woodcut shows Job, a righteous man afflicted by suffering, sitting on a dunghill while his wife and friends visit him. The scene is full of dramatic details, with Job's emaciated figure contrasting with the swirling clouds above, suggesting the forces at play in his life. The woodcut was part of a series of woodcuts illustrating the Book of Job by Holbein.