The Miraculous Draught of Fishes is a circa 1618–1620 oil painting by the Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens depicting a New Testament episode. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 618.[2]
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| Artist | Jacob Jordaens |
| Year | circa 1618–1620 |
| Medium | oil painting on panel |
| Movement | Baroque painting Christian art History painting |
| Subject | Miraculous catch of fish |
| Dimensions | 75 cm × 104 cm (30 in × 41 in)[1] |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg |
| Accession | 1911 |
The painting was long assumed to be by Peter Paul Rubens, who had treated similar subjects involving the fisherman Simon Peter. Wilhelm von Bode bought it as a Rubens (in London, in 1911), and the Rubens specialist Justus Müller-Hofstede confirmed that attribution in 1969. Only in 1977 did a consensus emerge among art historians that the painting is a work from the end of the early period of the long-lived Jacob Jordaens's career. This was established on compositional as well as chromatic grounds.[1]
The purpose of the painting has never been satisfactorily established. It is too large for an oil sketch, and too rough for an official commission. It may be a modello for a lost, larger and more polished painting, or for a tapestry. It could also have been destined for a predella.[2][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hubrecht, Joël (February 2009). Collection du musée des Beaux-Arts – Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVème-XVIIIème siècle. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. pp. 113–115. ISBN 978-2-35125-030-3.
- ^ a b Jacquot, Dominique (2006). Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Cinq siècles de peinture. Strasbourg: Musées de Strasbourg. pp. 198–199. ISBN 2-901833-78-0.
External links
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- La Pêche miraculeuse Archived 2023-01-01 at the Wayback Machine, presentation on the museum's website