Cleveland Museum of Art
Jonah Praying
- Date
- 280–90 CE
- Medium
- marble
- Culture
- Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 141650
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The Old Testament prophet Jonah is shown with his hands raised in prayer. It is unclear which moment of the biblical story of Jonah is depicted here. He may be praying in the belly of the sea monster. He might likewise be pleading with the Lord for the city of Nineveh’s destruction or lamenting the withering of the gourd beneath which he sought shelter after fleeing Nineveh.
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- according to William Wixom, an unconfirmed report tells us that the entire group (1965.237-1965.247) was found in a single, huge pithos or jar. (J. J. Klejman, New York).
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