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

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

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