The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Jordaens)

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes is a circa 1618–1620 oil painting depicting a New Testament episode, by the Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens. It is on display in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 618.[2]

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
ArtistJacob Jordaens
Yearcirca 1618–1620
Mediumoil painting on panel
MovementBaroque painting
Christian art
History painting
SubjectMiraculous catch of fish
Dimensions75 cm × 104 cm (30 in × 41 in)[1]
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg
Accession1911

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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