Tapestries
Tapestries
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Set of photographs of details from 'The Miraculous Draught of Fishes'
c.1853-76Albumen prints | RCIN 853017
A set of photographs showing figures from Raphael's cartoon for the tapestry of The Miraculous Draft of Fishes, executed by Raphael and his workshop in 1515-16 for one of the 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 (1483-1520) (designer)
Subject(s)
Saint Peter- 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
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Fish
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Tapestries
- Tapestry designs
- Tapestry cartoons of Raphael (Acts of the Apostles)
- Tapestry designs
- Tapestries
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
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 pp.66-73, no.1
Other number(s)
Ruland p.243 B.I.5-7
