Old Master Prints

The miraculous draught of fishes after Peter Paul Rubens

£2,036.00

The miraculous draught of fishes; with seven apostles, one of them down, Christ standing on the boat; after Peter Paul Rubens. c.1638 Engraving

Height: 557 mm x Width: 840 mm

Lettered : Impleverunt ambas naviculas, ita ut poene mergerentur. Quod cum videret Simon Petrus, procidit ad genua Jesu dicem. exj a me, quia homo peccator sum domine. stupor enim circumdederat eum. Luca 5°

After the painting by Rubens in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, inv.no.234 (Rooses 253); which was until 1794 part of the polyptych 'The Miraculous Draught of Fishes' in the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk in Mechelen. The upper part (a triptych) has been returned to the church in 1816.

https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracula_piscium

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=516296001&objectId=1611856&partId=1

http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/petit-palais/oeuvres/la-grande-peche-miraculeuse-d-apres-rubens-dutuit-48-0

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.103795.html