Interactive 3D Reconstruction after Maarten de Vos (Antwerp, c. 1585)
Camera Views
Tempest Settings
3D Geometry
Scene Iconography
"A domino fugiens iactatur in aequora Ionas,
Excepit hunc caeco bellua ventre ferox." — Jonah Cap. I, Maarten de Vos inv.
Jonah & The Crew: As the ship is beset by a tempest sent because of Jonah's flight, the mariners cast lots and cast Jonah overboard into the boiling surge to appease the raging sea.
The Leviathan (Bellua Ferox): Depicted in the northern Renaissance Mannerist tradition with an armored, toothy snout, flaring gills, arched spinal ridges, and an ornate, serpentine tail fin.
The Galleon: Featuring a distinct 16th-century high poop deck, billowing staysails, and the elaborate elephant head figurehead adorning the side of the hull.
Cast Cargo: Floating wooden barrels commemorate the Biblical text: "cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it".