Ionas

published 1613

Theodor Galle

Artist, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.9 x 13.6 cm (7 1/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.3 x 19 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1974.55.7.m

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 16, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Clarence S. Brigham; Grolier Club, New York; (David Tunick Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 1974.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Johannes Stradanus, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 16, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: 13.; around oval in plate: A Ceto abforptus lateo noctefque diefque IONAS. Tres ventre in pifcis: Niniuen venio.

Watermarks

close to Heawood 2894

Wikidata ID

Q75125620


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