Cleveland Museum of Art
Jonah Swallowed
- Date
- 280–90 CE
- Medium
- marble
- Culture
- Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
After disobeying the Lord’s command to proclaim judgment on the city of Nineveh, the Old Testament prophet Jonah was cast into the sea and swallowed by a sea monster. Here, the beast swallows Jonah headfirst. Although usually thought of as a whale, here the artist has depicted Jonah swallowed by a cetus, a large, monstrous sea creature.
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