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
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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Nicolaes II Visscher
RKD
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| 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 |
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| 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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