225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Hours of Claude Molé
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.356 fol. 38v
Job: Speech I of Eliphaz -- Job, nude, with arms crossed, is seated with his legs covered by dung heap with bones, before Eliphaz, wearing pointed hat, partly kneeling with hands raised. In background, four men (possibly including Bildad, Zophar and Elihu), two hooded, one wearing hat, one with arms folded, all avert their eyes. Figures in grisaille. Scene before building, with trees in background. Decorated initial D inhabited by insect and decorated initial D inhabited by bird. Miniature and text within architectural frame of two columns supporting pediment.
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