Jonah cast on shore by the fish

Jonah cast on shore by the fish
 (1566)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Measurements
19.7 × 24.8 cm (image) 20.9 × 25.2 cm (plate) 28.0 × 37.9 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 180 i/ii (Maarten van Heemskerck); New Hollstein 76 i/ii (Philips Galle)
Edition
1st of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Philips Galle, Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1566
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: Z
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: MH (monogram) eems. Inue
printed in ink l.l.: IMMANIS IONAM TRIDVANVM HIC EVOMIT ALVI E LATERBRIS PISTRIX, POSTQVAM MANDATA RECOXIT.
Accession Number
795.2-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1960
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Another Work Marines and Seascapes Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
creatures fish (animals) God (Abrahamic religions' deity) Jonah (Old Testament character) prophets reproductive prints ships

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