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Jonah complaining under the gourd
1566
plate 4 from the Story of Jonah series 1566
Medium
engraving
Measurements
19.7 × 24.7 cm (image) 20.9 × 25.2 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 182 i/ii (Maarten van Heemskerck); New Hollstein 78 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.l.: MH (monogram) EEMSKERCK, INVEN. 1566 / PHLS, GALLE. FE.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: 4
printed in ink l.l.: DVM MANET AVENTVM AVGVRII, PRÆNVNCIVS VRBI QVOD DEDERAT, CVCVMIS RESIDEM CANA OBTEGIT VMBRA.
Accession Number
795.4-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Another Work Cityscapes Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
cities God (Abrahamic religions' deity) Jonah (Old Testament character) prophets putti (children) reproductive prints ships vines