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The miraculous draught of fishes c.1665-90
Etching | 16.5 x 32.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852864
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An etching after one of the compositions frescoed in monochrome on the window-embrasures of the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican. Lettered with artists' names and publishing line. Bible quote along the lower margin (John 21).
Published in Picturae omniumque bonarium Artium Cultori eximio..., a series of 15 plates (including title-page with dedication to Nicolò Simonelli) reproducing monochromes supposedly designed by Raphael for the Vatican stanze and the Sistine Chapel tapestries. The plates were etched by Pietro Santi Bartoli and the series was published in Rome by Gian Giacomo de Rossi. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
16.5 x 32.4 cm (sheet of paper)
11.4 x 28.6 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.59, no.VI.11 (entry by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.395, no.F 7.1.4
Alternative title(s)
Stetit Iesus in littore dixitq. Discipulis mittite in dexteram Nauigij rete et inuenietis Simon Petruscum audiuisset quia Dnus est / misit se in mare. Ioan. Cap.21