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      STEFANO MULINARI (1741-90)

      The miraculous draught of fishes

      published 1774

      Lavis with etching | 21.7 x 36.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853025

      A facsimile of a drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1223E). Lettered with artists' names. Published in Disegni originali d'eccellenti pittori esistenti nella Reale Galleria di Firenze, 1774, plate XXXIII.

      The Uffizi drawing corresponds with a study attributed to Raphael now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 912749), of which it is in fact thought to be a copy. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.

      • Creator(s)

        Stefano Mulinari (1741-90) (printmaker)

        After a work copying Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Subject(s)

        Saint Peter

      • 21.7 x 36.4 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Added to 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
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Biological sciences
            • Zoology
              • Animals
                • Fish
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Tapestries
            • Tapestry designs
              • Tapestry cartoons of Raphael (Acts of the Apostles)
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti II 1987 : Disegni esposti, vol. 2, 1987 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) p.508, under no.1223E

        Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.483, no.H 1.3

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.244 B.I.15

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