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Page 463 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. Blank verso. With an engraving depicting a panel from the early Christian Cemetary of St. Agnese. The third panel illustrates three stories from the book of Jonah in the same scene. Italian text printed above and below describes the figure; the description of the third panel translates to "The Story of Jonah; that is, when he was cast from the Ship into the sea, and then vomited out of the Whale; and when he rested under the Gourd."
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 1/2 in
Italy: Rome