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Miraculous Draught of Fishes
by Raphael
StyleRenaissance
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Raphael designed the Miraculous Draught of Fishes as one of ten tapestry cartoons for the Sistine Chapel. The scene shows Christ calling Peter and Andrew from their fishing boats on the Sea of Galilee.
Pope Leo X commissioned these cartoons around 1515-16 to be woven into tapestries in Brussels. The monumental figures and balanced composition represent High Renaissance design at its finest. Seven cartoons survive, now at the National Gallery in London on loan from the Royal Collection.
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About Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Seven cartoons survive at the National Gallery in London, on loan from the Royal Collection. Raphael designed the Miraculous Draught of Fishes as one of ten tapestry cartoons for the Sistine Chapel.
Pope Leo X commissioned them around 1515-16 as designs for tapestries to hang in the Sistine Chapel. Raphael designed the Miraculous Draught of Fishes as one of ten tapestry cartoons for the Sistine Chapel.
It shows Christ calling Peter and Andrew from their fishing boats on the Sea of Galilee, from the Gospel of Luke. Raphael designed the Miraculous Draught of Fishes as one of ten tapestry cartoons for the Sistine Chapel.
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