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Behold Now Behemoth, Which I Made With Thee (The Book of Job)
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Commissioned from the artist by John Linnell 1821 sold through his sale [Christie's London March 15 1918 as part of lot 149]; to Frank T. Sabin. Gabriel Wells New York by 1921 sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop New York 1923 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: Behold Now Behemoth, Which I Made With Thee (The Book of Job)
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