Jonah sits on a rock above the city of Nineveh and waits for God to destroy the city. God has grown a miracle tree for him so that he can sit in the shade. But the next day, the tree is withered, its leaves hanging limply, and Jonah is overcome by the heat. Jonah is angry about the plant and about God not destroying the city. He talks about it with God, who appears on the clouds.
| Artist |
Pieter Hendriksz. Schut
RKD
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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Nicolaes II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | Jonah Under the Miracle Tree, 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 sit tegen 't oosten van Ninive onder den Wonderboom, die hem eerst verblijt en bedroeft. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iona 4.5. | |
| inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 164 | |
| inscription on the reverse, right in the middle: 6 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-HF |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HF |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11450/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11C
God the Father
Iconclass
21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 22E1 heat Iconclass 22E12 burning Iconclass 24A sun as celestial body Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 45L43 devastated, ruined place or city (~ warfare) 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 71V4 Jonah sulking (Jonah 4) Iconclass 71V41 the angry Jonah argues with God and asks for his own death Iconclass 71V42 the prophet Jonah withdraws from Nineveh; he builds a booth and while enjoying the shade of a plant (gourd or vine) which God made grow for him, he awaits the destiny of the city Iconclass 71V43 the gourd (or vine) is eaten by a worm and Jonah is exposed to the burning rays of the sun Iconclass 71V44 when Jonah again murmurs and wishes to die, God rebukes him Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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