Banquet of the Children of Job

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The "Banquet of the Children of Job" is an altarpiece created around 1521 by the Flemish painter Bernard van Orley. Van Orley was a painter of religious subjects and portraits, and also designed tapestries. He entered the service of Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands, in 1515 and became her court painter three years later. Van Orley's style was influenced by Raphael, and this influence can be seen in the "Banquet of the Children of Job".1

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Bernard van Orley
…be seen in the altarpiece Banquet of the Children of Job (1521). Of Orley’s portraits, that of Georg Zelle is the only surviving one that is signed and dated (1519). Tapestries designed by Orley include the series Hunts of Maximilian and The Battle of Pavia.
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…be seen in the altarpiece Banquet of the Children of Job (1521). Of Orley’s portraits, that of Georg Zelle is the only surviving one that is signed and dated (1519). Tapestries designed by Orley include the series Hunts of Maximilian and The Battle of Pavia.
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