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Tavola Prima del Monumento Sesto arcuato del Cimiterio di Priscilla, e d'altri Santi Martiri nella Via Salaria nuova.

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Page 523 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving depicting a decorated archway in the early Christian cemetary of St. Priscilla, with multiple subfigures. The first subfigure is a fisheye view of the archway showing the location of the decorative scenes; the others depict the details of these scenes. One scene shows a side view of Jonah being spat up by the whale, which has oxlike horns, a third horn atop its snout, distinct forelegs, and a sea-serpent's tail. Another scene shows Jonah, nude, seated on a rock with one hand on his chin, under a lattice with gourd-vines growing over it. 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