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Portrait of a gentlewoman called la Muta
Flagellation
Ideal city
Madonna of Senigallia
Crucifixion
Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro and his son Guidobaldo
Madonna and Child, St. John the Baptist and St. Anna
Madonna of San Simone
Sant'Ambrogio
Bartolo from Sassoferrato
Miracle of the profaned Host
The miraculous catch
Resurrection
Alcove of the Duke
Refreshment
Federico's study
Device with winch
Five times
Madonna and Child Enthroned and Saints known as the Montefiorentino Polyptych
David contemplates Goliath's taken off head
St. Francis receives the stigmata

The miraculous catch

Raffaello Sanzio; Jules Joseph Lefebvre

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National Gallery of the Marche – Ducal Palace of Urbino

National Gallery of the Marche – Ducal Palace of Urbino

Piazza Rinascimento 13, Urbino

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The series of seven tapestries, depicting scenes from the Acts of the Apostles, comes from the Royal Palace in Milan. The precious fabrics arrived in Urbino in 1923 and since then have been on display in the Salone del Trono of the Palazzo Ducale. The cloths reproduce the cartoons that Raphael had made between 1515 and 1516 for the most famous tapestries in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, now kept at the Albert and Victoria Museum in London. Of the seven tapestries, three are of English manufacture by Mortlake. In fact, around 1650, Cardinal Mazarin bought from the English duke Filippo Herbert of Pembroke the three English-made tapestries depicting the Healing of the cripple, the Sacrifice of Listri, and St. Paul preaching to the Athenians. He then completes the series with four other French-made Lefebvre tapestries, representing the scenes with the Miraculous Fishing, the Delivery of the Keys, the Death of Ananias, and the Blinding of the magician Elima. In the latter Mazarin has the same border as the English ones inserted with caryatids and festoons and on all seven he has his cardinal's coat of arms placed at the top center. In the tapestry depicting the Miraculous Fishing, the scene takes place outdoors and the grandiose landscape, which seems to continue that of the nearby Delivery of the Keys, recalls the engravings by Dürer. The scene depicts Christ's invitation to the brothers Peter and Andrew to become his apostles. As the Evangelist Luke recounts, Jesus advised the two brothers to lower their nets again despite the fact that they had not caught anything during the night. The tapestry therefore represents the moment when Christ has just performed the miracle and the two boats are filled with fish.
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Title: The miraculous catch

Author: Raffaello Sanzio; Jules Joseph Lefebvre

Date: 1653-1661 ca.

Technique: tapestry

Displayed in: National Gallery of the Marche – Ducal Palace of Urbino

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