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Jonah's Calling and Refusal to Go to Nineveh, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien, 1659

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 68 x 100 mm
  • Inv. 2014-HD

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Jonah is sent by God to the city of Nineveh. He refuses and flees by ship to Tarsis. Jonah is already pointing to the ship he will take.

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's Calling and Refusal to Go to 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, top right
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Iona gesonden na Ninive, vliet voor den Heere en varende na Tharsis wert in zee geworpen.
printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iona 1.2.
printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 161.
inscription on the reverse, right in the middle: 3
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
Inventory number 2014-HD
Acquisition credit unknown
2014
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HD
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11452/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25H131 rocky coast Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
33B9 flight, running away; pursuing Iconclass
46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
71 Old Testament Iconclass
71V the book of Jonah Iconclass
71V1 Jonah's call and disobedience (Jonah 1) Iconclass
71V11 Jonah is sent by God to Nineveh to preach to its sinful citizens Iconclass
71V12 to escape the assigned task by God Jonah boards a ship about to go to Tarshish Iconclass
71V13 the ship is caught in a violent storm ~ Jonah and the sailors Iconclass
71V131 the terrified sailors, after praying to their gods, throw the cargo overboard ~ story of Jonah Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
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