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Maarten van Heemskerck (after)
The people of Nineveh repenting upon hearing the prophesies of Jonah 1566
engraving
19.7 × 24.8 cm (image) 21.0 × 25.3 cm (plate) 28.0 × 38.0 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1960
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The people of Nineveh repenting upon hearing the prophesies of Jonah
1566
plate 3 from the Story of Jonah series 1566
Medium
engraving
Measurements
19.7 × 24.8 cm (image) 21.0 × 25.3 cm (plate) 28.0 × 38.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1960
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 181 i/ii (Maarten van Heemskerck); New Hollstein 77 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.l.: 3 MH (monogram) EEM, INVIN.
printed in ink l.l.: DIVINAM ILLE NINO PERITVRÆ NVNCIAT IRAM, PLEBS CVM REGE OMNI CELVMQVE ARMENTA FATIGANT.
Accession Number
795.3-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Another Work Cityscapes Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
cattle cities horse (species) Jonah (Old Testament character) prophets prophets repentance reproductive prints