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Page 157 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving depicting a sarcophagus found in an early Chritian cemetary; the sarcophagus is embellished with relief carvings of Biblical figures and events, including, at top, Jonah being spat onto land by the Whale. Italian text printed above and below describes the figure.
Watermark in paper; a rectangular shieldlike form with what may be an animal motif.


whales
1632-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Facciotti, G.
ink; laid paper
19 in x 13 3/4 in
Italy: Rome