Job and His Friends
On View In:
Gallery 305
Artist:   Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps  
Title:   Job and His Friends  
Date:   c. 1852  
Medium:   Oil on canvas  
Dimensions:   47 x 33 3/4 in. (119.38 x 85.73 cm) (canvas) 54 x 41 3/4 x 4 in. (137.16 x 106.05 x 10.16 cm) (outer frame)  
Credit Line:   Gift of Mrs. Erasmus C. Lindley  
Location:   Gallery 305  

This painting once belonged to James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Minnesota railroad magnate whose collection of European paintings forms the basis of the Institute's nineteenth-century holdings.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel  
Nationality:   French  
Life Dates:   French, 1803 - 1860  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   No signature visible Labels from verso [archived in object file] - 8134 Decamps / Job et ses amis (handwritten on red bo  
Classification:   Paintings  
Physical Description:   Job discussing with his friends  
Creation Place:   Europe, France, , ,  
Accession #:   39.48  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts