Job (illustrator)

Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville, known by the pen name Job after his initials (25 November 1858, Bar-le-Duc – 15 September 1931, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French artist and illustrator.

His father opposed his entry to thé École des beaux-arts after graduating from the Collège Stanislas.

His major colour compositions contributed to the cult of 'heroes of the nation' such as Napoleon I and Joachim Murat.

Several of his illustrations appear in La Vieille Garde impériale (The Old Imperial Guard), published in 1932 by Alfred Mame and fils de Tours.

His eye for detail can be seen in L'Épopée du costume militaire français - even in works intended for children, he tried to reproduce uniforms with extreme precision.