The Fish Spits Jonah Out Onto Dry Land, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien, 1659

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

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 religious symbolism figures (representations) Old Testament landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) 17th century

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After surviving three days and nights in the belly of the fish, the fish spits Jonah out on land. The water at sea is calm and the sun is just rising.

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	The Fish Spits Jonah Out Onto Dry Land, 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 van een Visch ingeslockt, wert na 3 dagen weder van hem uitgespogen op het drooge.
	printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iona 2.10.
	printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 162
	inscription reverse, centre: 4
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT
Inventory number	2014-HE
Acquisition credit	unknown 2014
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HE
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11451/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300055874 religious symbolism AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass	21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25F6 fishes Iconclass 25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters Iconclass 25H133 beach Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71V2 Jonah in the fish's belly (Jonah 2:1 - 3:2) Iconclass 71V22 after a three-day sojourn in the belly of the monster Jonah is cast on dry land; Jonah may be shown nude and bald-headed Iconclass
School / Style	Baroque AAT

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