File:Raphael - The Miraculous Draft of Fishes - Google Art Project.jpg

Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Birth name: Raffaello Sanzio; Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino; Santi Raphael; Raffale Sanzio; Rafael Sanzio
Description	-Italian painter, sculptor, architect, draftsperson, architectural draftsperson and designer
Date of birth/death	6 April 1483 / 28 March 1483	6 April 1520 / 7 April 1520
Location of birth/death	Urbino	Rome
Work location	Urbino; Perugia (1501–1502); Siena (1503–1504); Florence (1504–1508); Rome (1508–1520)
Authority file	: Q5597 VIAF: 64055977 ISNI: 000000012136483X ULAN: 500023578 LCCN: n79041756 NLA: 35442294 WorldCat

Details on Google Art Project

Title

The Miraculous Draft of Fishes

Part of

Raphael Cartoons

Object type

drawing

Genre

religious art

Description

Miraculous catch of fish

Date

(c.1515 - c.1516)

Medium

Bodycolour over charcoal

many sheets of paper, mounted on canvas

Dimensions

height: 3,190 mm (10.46 ft); width: 3,990 mm (13.09 ft)

Collection

Royal Collection

	Native name	Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
	Location	United Kingdom
	Established	after 1491 date QS:P,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
	Website	https://www.rct.uk
	Authority file	: Q1459037 VIAF: 5265149068497665730002 ISNI: 0000000123626928 LCCN: nb2004308660 WorldCat

Accession number

RCIN 912944

Place of creation

Italy

Object history

Purchased by Charles I (when Prince of Wales), 1623; on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum since 1865

Notes

More info at museum site

References

Source/Photographer

ywH0tF2CcmYUxA at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

The author died in 1520, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

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The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
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