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Page 527 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving depicting a decorated arch in an early Christian cemetary, and a detailed view of the decoration, which shows three Biblical scenes. The rightmost of these is Jonah, being pushed from a canoe by a man sitting therein (the only figure on the boat) into the mouth of the whale, depicted as a crowlike creature whose head emerges from the waves. 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 14 in
Italy: Rome