Artist/Maker Vos, Marten de
Place MadeEurope --Flemish
Title

Jonah cast overboard

DateCirca 16th Century
Mediumengraving
Dimensions7 1/8 × 9 3/4 in. (18.1 × 24.8 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.8255
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCopper engraving. Depiction of Jonah being thrown overboard a ship that is struggling in a tempestuous sea. Some crew attempt to hang onto the rigging while four others are forcing Jonah over the side. Looming up from below Jonah is a whale or monster fish. The ship has an elephant head as a masthead.ProvenancePurchased from Old Print Shop, New York, NY, 2d quarter 1987, $115.85.
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2001.100.8249
Vos, Marten de
16th Century-17th Century
2001.100.8247
Vos, Marten de
2001.100.8620
de Vos, Marten
Circa 1572-1586
2001.100.8256
Baumgartner, I. W.
2001.100.9034
Pintz, Johann Georg