Job and his Friends by Ilya Repin, Job 4, Bible.Gallery
Artwork Description
Job and his Friends is 1869 painting by Ilya Repin. The painting style is realism, and the genre is religious painting.
The painting media is oil on canvas, and it measures 199 x 133 cm. The original painting is currently located in a Museum in Russia. The painting depicts four men, two who are standing and two seated. Job is the one seated on one side of the road alone while the other three friends are on the other side. This was a great masterpiece produced by Ilya as it shows his artistic skills. He used cool and dark colors in the painting to make it more classic and bring out a strong theme.
The painting depicts a man named Job in the bible who had sores all over his body and had lost all his property including his children as a way of testing his faith in God. The painting depicts Job in a grieving mood with upper part bare as he could not wear clothes because of the sores in his body. His three close friends came to grieve with him. According to the Bible story, the three friends tried to convince him to curse God so that he could die and escape the agony he was going through. The painting depicts one of the friends standing up and looking at Job pathetically and as if trying to convince him to do something.