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Page 289 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving depicting the carved faces of two early Christian sarcophagi; each features Biblical scenes. The lower sarcophagi features a scene of Jonah pushed from the boat into the mouth of the whale, and another of Jonah reposing beneath the gourd-tree; it is depicted as damaged, and the right lower corner is broken away. 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 1/4 in x 13 3/4 in
Italy: Rome