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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut in black, grayish blue, and bluish green on paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut in black, grayish blue, and bluish green on paper.

Date:

ca. 1540-1550

Artist:

Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active c. 1540-1550)
after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

About this artwork

Chiaroscuro woodcut prints were developed to emulate the appearance of pen-and-ink drawings, which featured dark ink washes contrasted against white highlights. Here a middle tone of gray from a single block boldly colors the figures and their cast shadows, with the exposed tone of the paper used for the highlights. Additional black and green inks outline the figures and landscape. The sketched lines in brown completing the boats are later additions by an unknown hand. The print reproduces one of Raphael’s tapestry designs for the Sistine Chapel and was once owned by the collector Pierre II Mariette.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Niccolò Vicentino

Title

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1515–1525

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, grayish blue, and bluish green on paper

Dimensions

22.9 × 34.2 cm (9 1/16 × 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1945.10

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