The Prophet Jonah, from Landscapes with Biblical Subjects and Saints
c. 1562
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 22.7 × 32.2 cm (8 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.); sheet: 27.3 × 37.1 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268121
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Prophet Jonah, from Landscapes with Biblical Subjects and*, a captivating etching by Johannes van Doecum, created around 1562. This print, housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings Department, measures a modest plate size of 22.7 × 32.2 cm on ivory laid paper. Van Doetecum, a skilled Netherlandish printmaker from the Renaissance era, masterfully depicts the biblical prophet Jonah amid a dramatic landscape, blending spiritual narrative with natural grandeur—a hallmark of 16th-century Northern European art. Etching, the medium here, was a revolutionary technique in va...