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Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art

AFTER GIOVANNI FRANCESCO PENNI (1496-C. 1536)

The miraculous draught of fishes

1858

Albumen print? | 20.9 x 30.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2864304

A photograph of a drawing now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.192r). Variously attributed to Raphael, Giulio Romano and Francesco Penni, the drawing is generally thought to be a first design for the composition of 'The Miraculous Draught of Fishes', one from a set of ten tapestry cartoons depicting episodes from the lives of St Peter and St Paul, commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo X in c.1515. The tapestries were woven in the Brussels workshop of Pieter van Aelst and were intended to be hung in the Sistine Chapel. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.

A copy of this photograph (RCIN 853027) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 31 (970590)

  • Creator(s)

    After Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)

    Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)

  • 20.9 x 30.3 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Public Life of Christ
              • Christ Calling the Apostles
                • Christ-Miraculous Draught of Fishes
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Zoology
        • Animals
          • Fish
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Tapestries
        • Tapestry designs
          • Tapestry cartoons of Raphael (Acts of the Apostles)
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford
    p.223, no.356r

    Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London
    pp.99-103, under no.25, fig.45

    Raphael. Cartoons and Tapestries 2010 : Raphael. Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. Edited by M. Evans and C. Browne with A. Nesselrath, V&A Publishing 2010
    pp.66-73, no.1

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