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Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68)
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes c.1855
Albumen print | 20.9 x 34.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853018
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A photograph of a drawing attributed to Raphael in the Royal Collection (912749). The drawing is a study for the final 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.
The Windsor drawing was reproduced in a chiaroscuro woodcut by Niccolò Vicentino; see RCINs 853019 and 853020.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
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20.9 x 34.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.223, no.357
Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London pp.99-103, no.25
