Jona onder de boom met kalebassen, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (attributed to), after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1548 - 1552

Title(s)

Jona onder de boom met kalebassen
Geschiedenis van Jona (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/4

Object number

RP-P-BI-6584

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 20-.4
• New Hollstein Dutch 177
  Remark: Heemskerck

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Jona zit onder een boom van kalebassen te lezen. Op de achtergrond de stad Nineve.

Artist

• print maker: Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (attributed to)
• after drawing by: Maarten van Heemskerck (attributed to)

Place

Haarlem

Dating

1548 - 1552

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

width 176 mm × height 118 mm

What

• the prophet Jonah withdraws from Nineveh; he builds a booth and while enjoying the shade of a plant (gourd or vine) which God made grow for him, he awaits the destiny of the city

Acquisition

unknown

Copyright

Public domain

• Maarten van Heemskerck, p. 174; p.176 (afb.), cat.nr. 177
• The illustrated Bartsch, p. 71, cat.nr. 20.4