Jonah Leaving the Whale (Munich)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Religious |
Date | ca. 1600 |
Dimensions | 37.7 x 55.6 cm |
Support | Panel |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #218 Ertz 1979, #23 |
Location | Munich, Germany |
Collection | Alte Pinakothek |
Accession numbers | inv. #1887 |
Tags | Traveling, House, Coast, Mountain, Old Testament, Shells, Boat |
On this theme see Jonah 1:15-16, 2:11. Note that there is a "Sacrifice of Jonah" by Paulus Bril painted in 1589 in the Scala Santa.
Good copy (studio?) formerly art market, London (Koetser 1961) -- panel, 44 x 72.