Border with Jonah Cast into the Sea

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Border with Jonah Cast into the Sea

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Simon Bening

Flemish Illuminator · 1483–1561

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One of the most celebrated painters of Flanders in the 1500s, Simon Bening was hailed by Portuguese art critic Francisco da Hollanda as the greatest master of illumination in all of Europe. In addition to producing books for powerful aristocrats such as Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Bening worked for a group of international royal patrons including Emperor Charles V and Don Fernando, the Infan

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Date
about 1525–1530
Medium
Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf
Culture
Flemish
Department
Manuscripts
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
3e9cb01c-d051-48fd-a72c-de1eab9a3fea

Rough winds play havoc with two ships under a threatening dark sky as Jonah is pushed overboard into the gaping maw of a large fish. The sailors cast him out because they blamed him for the stormy seas. Jonah remained in the belly of the fish for three days, praying to God. On the third day, God spoke to the fish, which vomited out the poor man. Because three days separated the death and resurrection of Christ, Christians saw this story as a typological parallel to the Entombment of Christ, discussed in the text on this page and depicted in the facing miniature.

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