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"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

Maker not identified

Date
ca. 1400
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions
H. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm) W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
Iran
Object number
33.113
Credit line
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1933
Original Met record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Angels
  • Men
  • Whales

The Met object ID 453683. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.