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A second-quarter 19th century, French tapestry depicting The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Atelier La Foret, the border designed by Viollet le Duc, after the series of the Acts of the Apostles cartoons by Raphael, commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome,

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A second-quarter 19th century, French tapestry depicting The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Atelier La Foret, the border designed by Viollet le Duc, after the series of the Acts of the Apostles cartoons by Raphael, commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome,
Designed with the New Testament scene depicting the fisherman Simon, later called Peter, as he is called to be a disciple of Jesus'. The bearded figure of Simon, dressed in a blue tunic, kneeling before Christ, his hands clasped together, the large catch can be seen overflowing in the boats and the nets appearing to be close to bursting with fish, another bearded figure, probably Andrew, stands behind Simon, his hands outstretched in disbelief, the boat behind this containing yet more fish and three bewildered fishermen, the immediate foreground, depicting the shore of the Sea of Galilee, three herons standing to the bottom left, a fruiting tree stump to the bottom right, the middle ground with townscape and rolling hills and peasant folk, the hazy sky filled with birds and rolling clouds, the whole enclosed by an elaborate rich border with ribbon tied swags, pendant fruit and foliate groups, on a 'Bleu de Roi' ground, with slender inner crimson border divided by narrow bamboo shoots, the corners with bound stems in trefoil motif, with later green outerslip which has later repairs and alterations. 530cm x 507cm approximately

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By repute presented to the 4th Earl of Clarendon by Napoleon III at the Conference of Paris (viz 1873 notes by Katherine, Countess of Clarendon)

The 4th Earl of Clarendon was born in 1800 into the Villiers family and served as an English diplomat and statesman. After coming down from Cambridge he was appointed attaché to the British embassy at Saint Petersburg where he remained for three years. Later in his career, Clarendon, in his capacity as Foreign Secretary, kept a close relationship with Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie. At the Congress of Paris in 1856, when the Crimean War ended, Clarendon was the first British plenipotentiary to attend such a conference in person to negotiate a peace treaty since Lord Castlereagh.

The original Raphael cartoons were commissioned by Pope Leo X in 1513 shortly after his election. The monumental designs are designed with key episodes of the lives of Saint Peter and Paul. All of the cartoons depicting the life of Saint Peter have survived -these include Christ's Charge to Peter, The Death Ananias, The Healing of the Lame Man and The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. The latter scene (used for the design of the present lot) depicts the founding moment of Christianity set on the Lake of Gennesaret in the Sea of Galilee -when Simon (later called Peter) is summoned to be Christ's first apostle. Simon kneels before Christ who raises his hand in blessing saying Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. James and John standing hunched in the other boat as they haul in the catch would also become followers of Christ -their father Zebedee can be seen trying to keep the boat steady. These figures in particular are reminiscent of the art of Michelangelo -more specifically the lost cartoon of the Battle of Cascina which show nude males kneeling over a riverbank.

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