{"data": {"id": 141645, "accession_number": "1965.239", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Jonah Under the Gourd Vine, 280\u201390 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 32.3 x 46.3 x 18 cm (12 11/16 x 18 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. 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Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 50.4 x 15.5 x 26.9 cm (19 13/16 x 6 1/8 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1965.237", "relationship": null}], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The sculpture shows the dramatic moment when the Jonah, having languished in the desert, is saved by the shade of a gourd vine. The sculptor paid great attention to detail such as Jonah's bushy beard echoing the large leaves overhead.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "After disobeying the Lord\u2019s command to proclaim judgment on the city of Nineveh, the Old Testament prophet Jonah was cast into the sea, swallowed by a sea monster, and ultimately cast ashore. When asked a second time, Jonah obeyed the Lord but became displeased when the city was spared. After pleading for Nineveh\u2019s destruction, Jonah left the city and rested in the shadow of a large gourd vine. 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Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 14", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n29"}, {"citation": "Lehman, Karen M. \"Sacred and Profane Hellenizing Marbles of the Late Third Century Roman Empire: Secular Portraits and Religious Narrative Sculptures in the Cleveland Museum of Art Reviewed in the Cultural Context.\" M.A. thesis, Kent State University, 2004.", "page_number": "Mentioned: p. v; Reproduced: p. 108, fig. 25", "url": null}, {"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.", "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 34-37, no. 1", "url": ""}, {"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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