Christ and his apostles are on board a fishing boat. Christ orders the nets to be hauled up. There are so many fish in the nets that the apostles struggle to drag the net into the boat (Luke 5:1-11). The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
| Artist |
Cornelis I Galle
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | The Miraculous Catch of Fish, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Duc in altum, et laxate retia vestra in capturam piscium. Et cum hoc fecissent, concluserunt piscium multitudinem copiosam. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Luc. 5. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 17. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Corn. Galle sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-12 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-12 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11605/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25F6 fishes Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H214 lake Iconclass 25I2 village Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 43C128 fisherman Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 47K42 fishing net Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C33 the miraculous draught of fishes (before the Resurrection) on the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee); James and John helping to bring in the nets (Luke 5:1-11) Iconclass 73E37 appearance of Christ at the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee, Sea of Tiberias): miraculous draught of fishes (after the Resurrection) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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