Jonah and the Whale, circa 1400
Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
H. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm), W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Ink, gouache, gold and silver on paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jonah the son of Amitai, who, as a prophet disciple, had anointed Jehu and who, therefore, enjoyed the king’s benevolence. Once God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh, one of the largest cities of that time and foretell its destruction, because the evil of its inhabitants had reached the limit…
Zaidan Gallery 
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