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A woodcut showing the Emperor Maximilian in a triumphal chariot. This large woodcut, over 2 metres in length, was originally planned as part of a huge printed frieze. The work, undertaken by a team of designers and woodblock cutters, was to show a triumph
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    CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1818-68) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

    The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

    c.1855

    RCIN 853018

    All three works reproduce a drawing (also at Windsor) attributed to Raphael for one of the Sistine Chapel tapestry cartoons. The chiaroscuro woodcut now attributed to Niccolò Vicentino was crudely reprinted by Andrea Andreani in 1609, with more detail added to the sky. The photograph of the drawing was commissioned by Prince Albert in the 1850s, as he was beginning to explore the documentary potential of that new technology.

    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      p.223, no.357 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

      pp.99-103, no.25 (Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London)

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