Jonah Predicts the Downfall of Nineveh, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien, 1659

burin engraving, paper
68 x 101 mm
Inv. 2014-GD

Pieter Hendriksz. Schut

Amsterdam ca. 1660 - 1680
engravers (printmakers)

Nicolaes I Visscher

Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1679
publisher

Nicolaes II Visscher

Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1709
publisher

print room figures (representations) religious symbolism prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions 17th century

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Jonah stands in a square in Nineveh and predicts to the inhabitants the downfall of their city. Many people throw themselves to the ground in panic or run away.

Artist	Pieter Hendriksz. Schut RKD Amsterdam ca. 1660 - 1680 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Nicolaes I Visscher Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1679 publisherAAT
	Nicolaes II Visscher RKD Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1709 publisherAAT
Title	Jonah Predicts the Downfall of Nineveh, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien
Date	1659
Period	17th century
Location	Amsterdam TGN
Medium and support	burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Iona predickt tot Ninive 't gedreijgde verderf der Stadt, waer sij haer bekeeren
	printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iona 3.4.
	printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 163.
	inscription on the back, at the right: 5
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT
Inventory number	2014-GD
Acquisition credit	unknown 2014
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-GD
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11403/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300055874 religious symbolism AAT 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass	25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I144 square, place, circus, etc. Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 52E2 Prediction, Prophecy; 'Augurio', 'Divinatione', 'Profetia' (Ripa) Iconclass 54FF12 Fate, Doom Iconclass 58AA1 Destruction Iconclass 71V the book of Jonah Iconclass 71V3 Jonah in Nineveh (Jonah 3:3-10) Iconclass 71V31 when Jonah arrives in the city of Nineveh he foretells its destruction in forty days Iconclass
School / Style	Baroque AAT

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