Tapestries
Tapestries
P DUJARDIN (ACTIVE 1888)
The miraculous draught of fishes
c.1870-1895Photogravure | 31.8 x 45.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853032
A photogravure of a tapestry depicting 'The Miraculous Draught of Fishes', executed at the Mortlake tapestry manufactory for Charles I (r.1625-49) from Raphael's original preparatory cartoon. The tapestry is now in the Mobilier National, Paris (inv. no.GMTT 16/4). Published in 'Les Tapisseries décoratives du Garde-Meuble: choix des plus beaux motifs par Ed. Guichard, Paris [1878-81]. Not in Ruland (1876).
The direct source for the central scene is one of the ten tapestry designs commissioned from Raphael from Pope Leo X, illustrating episodes from the lives of St Peter and St Paul. In 1623 seven of the original cartoons were acquired by Charles I (when Prince of Wales), who wished to undertake a new weaving of them at Mortlake under Francis Clein's direction, who was also commissioned to design new borders and an additional subject, ‘The Death of Sapphira'.
The first set of tapestries woven at Mortlake was made for Charles himself. After having passed through French collections, six pieces survive now in the Mobilier National in Paris, including the one reproduced in this photogravure.
The seven surviving Raphael cartoons are currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum on loan from the Royal Collection; the ten original tapestries, intended to be hung in the Sistine Chapel, are housed in the Vatican Museums.
The direct source for the central scene is one of the ten tapestry designs commissioned from Raphael from Pope Leo X, illustrating episodes from the lives of St Peter and St Paul. In 1623 seven of the original cartoons were acquired by Charles I (when Prince of Wales), who wished to undertake a new weaving of them at Mortlake under Francis Clein's direction, who was also commissioned to design new borders and an additional subject, ‘The Death of Sapphira'.
The first set of tapestries woven at Mortlake was made for Charles himself. After having passed through French collections, six pieces survive now in the Mobilier National in Paris, including the one reproduced in this photogravure.
The seven surviving Raphael cartoons are currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum on loan from the Royal Collection; the ten original tapestries, intended to be hung in the Sistine Chapel, are housed in the Vatican Museums.
Creator(s)
P Dujardin (active 1888) (photogravurist)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
Chardon Ainé : Paris (printer)
Paris : J Baudry (publisher)
31.8 x 45.0 cm (sheet of paper)
LES ACTES DES APÔTRES / LA PÊCHE MIRACULEUSE
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Public Life of Christ
- Christ Calling the Apostles
- Christ-Miraculous Draught of Fishes
- Christ Calling the Apostles
- Public Life of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Fish
- Animals
- Zoology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Tapestries
- Tapestry designs
- Tapestry cartoons of Raphael (Acts of the Apostles)
- Tapestry designs
- Tapestries
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.398-408, no.1 (entry by Jean Coural) (Raphael dans les collections françaises 1983 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael dans les collections françaises: (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984), Paris)
pp.54-6 (essay by Clare Browne) (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)
