The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

1752

After David Teniers the Younger , Artist Thomas Major , Artist

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About the Artwork

Title The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Artwork Date 1752

Makers After David Teniers the Younger (Artist) Flemish, 1610 - 1690 Thomas Major (Artist) English, 1715-1799

Medium Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper

Dimensions Plate: 19 7/8 × 24 1/2 inches (50.5 × 62.2 cm) Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 3/4 inches (53 × 65.4 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S724

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: D. Teniers Pinxt. Inscribed, lower right: T. Major Sculpt: Inscribed, lower center: THE MIRACULOUS DRAFT OF FISHES. | Iohn Chap: XXI. Verse 4. & c. | To the most Revd. Father in God Thomas Lord Archbishop of Cantebury, Primate of all England & Metropolitan | This Print Engrav'd from a Capital Painting of David Teniers is most humbly Dedicated by his | Grace's most Dutiful & Obedient Servant Thos: Major | London sold by the Author Engraver to his R. H. the Prince of Wales at the Golden Head in West Street the upper end of St. Martins Lane. Inscribed, lower left: In the Collection of B. Cleeve Esqr: | 4 feet 6 inches Wide, 3 feet 5 1/2 inches high. Inscribed, lower right: Publish'd accordg: to Act of Parlt: April 1st. 1752. Inscribed, in pencil, verso: The calling of Peter | or miraculous draught of fishes | by T. Major after Teniers

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July 1886, H. W. Lord.
Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.];
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Smith, J. Catalogue Raisonne. vol. 3. London, 1829, p. 367.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Thomas Major; after David Teniers the Younger, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1752, etching and engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S724.