Job and His Comforters
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Institute
Accession Number
XX105
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Job and His Comfor** Luca Giordano (1634–1705), a prolific Italian Baroque painter from Naples, brings dramatic intensity to this undated oil painting. Depicting the biblical story from the Book of Job the work shows the afflicted patriarch surrounded by his friends—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar—who visit to comfort him amid his trials of suffering and loss., as the narrative unfolds their words turn accusatory, testing Job's. Giordano's choice of this Old Testament scene highlights timeless themes of endurance, divine mystery, and human frailty, resonating across centuries. Known as "Luca ...