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Jonah's calling and refusal to go to Nineveh
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Jonah's calling and refusal to go to Nineveh

Hieronymus Wierix · 1585 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Jonah is sent by God the Father to the city of Nineveh. Jonah does not want to and flees with a ship to Tarshish. Jonah points to the ship he will take. Below the image, a Latin reference to the Biblical text in Jonah 1:2. This print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineJona's roeping en weigering om naar Nineve te gaan. 1585. Hieronymus Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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