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Jonah cast on shore by the fish
(1566)
Medium
engraving
Measurements
19.7 × 24.8 cm (image) 20.9 × 25.2 cm (plate) 28.0 × 37.9 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1960
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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
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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