Jonah and the Whale

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Jonah and the Whale

Unidentified German, 15th centuryLinkedCulture matchlcp-ff0f1126d6cc

Date
16th century
Medium
Woodcut
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
73890

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Jonah spent three days and nights in the whale, actually a large fish (Jonah 1:17), usually portrayed as a dragon-faced, mythological ketos. From early times, artists linked Jonah's ejection from the fish with Christ's Resurrection, which is one reason the theme was so popular. This woodcut shows the naked prophet being delivered onto dry land, then happily scurrying away, as if reborn, in the extra episode in the corner. Germany, Europe

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The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966

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