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.On View
Not on viewVos, Marten de
Vos, Marten de
de Vos, Marten
Baumgartner, I. W.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Barentsz, Dirk
Pintz, Johann Georg

