The Miraculous Catch of Fish, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Maerten de Vos (after),
Joannes Galle (publisher)
,
Cornelis Galle (engravers (printmakers))
Date
ca. 1598 - 1618Periods
16th century, 17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.
