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Evomit Absorptum Caeco de Gutture Caetus, Redditur Et Terrae Qui Modo Praeda Fuit

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

This is a small engraving depicting Jonah fleeing from the gaping mouth of a whale. The Latin text indicates that he has been spit out onto the land from which he was taken.

whales
1500-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Wierx, Anton.; Vrints, I. Baptista; De Vos, Marten
ink; paper
4 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in
Belgium: Flanders