Tapestries
Tapestries
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The miraculous draught of fishes
c.1853-76Albumen print | 54.7 x 68.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853016
A photograph of a full-scale drawing, known as cartoon, executed by Raphael and his workshop in 1515-16 for the tapestry of 'The Miraculous Draft of Fishes', one from a set of ten tapestries commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel. This cartoon is one of the seven that have survived; they are all part of the Royal Collection, and since 1865 are on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The ten original tapestries are housed in the Vatican Museums.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
54.7 x 68.3 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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.66-73, no.1 (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)
