Lot Essay
The composition derives ultimately from a tapestry cartoon by Raphael, in the National Gallery, London.
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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Details
After Sir Peter Paul Rubens
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
indistinctly signed (lower left, on a scroll), and inscribed 'Impleueruntam ambas nauiculas, et cum videret Petrus dixit, exi amo, quia homo pecator sum Domine' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
56.3 x 86.5 cm.
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
indistinctly signed (lower left, on a scroll), and inscribed 'Impleueruntam ambas nauiculas, et cum videret Petrus dixit, exi amo, quia homo pecator sum Domine' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
56.3 x 86.5 cm.
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