Name: Antique Master Print-JONAH-COMPLAINING-UNDER-GOURD-NINEVEH-Galle-Heemskerck-1566
SKU: PICTURA-08159
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Antique Master Print-JONAH-COMPLAINING-UNDER-GOURD-NINEVEH-Galle-Heemskerck-1566

€275.00

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– Jonah sits brooding under a gourd plant on a cliff overlooking the city of Nineveh, waiting to see if his prophecy will be fulfilled. The city below is depicted in great architectural detail with busy port activity. Above in the clouds, God gestures toward the scene, flanked by angels.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: small coat of arms with French lily.

Sheet size: 33 x 25.7 cm (12.99 x 10.12 inch). Image size: 24.5 x 20.8 cm. (9.65 x 8.19 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. A few pinsize holes. 2 Strips of paper on rear, for flattening. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JONAH, GOURD, NINEVEH, DIVINE JUDGMENT, OLD TESTAMENT, PHILIPS GALLE, HEEMSKERCK, ENGRAVING, BIBLICAL PRINT | PCO-A56-27

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Plate 4 from The Story of Jonah, engraved and published by Philips Galle after a design by Maarten van Heemskerck.

State: i.

Reference: H. 55?58; NHD (Van Heemskerck) 182; NHD (Galle) 78.

Biography engraver: Philips Galle (1537-1612), prominent Antwerp engraver and publisher. A key figure in the print trade, known for religious and allegorical subjects after prominent Northern artists.

Biography artist: Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Dutch Mannerist painter and draftsman. Trained in Haarlem, he traveled to Italy and returned with a style influenced by the antique and Raphael.