The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Provenance

Commissioned 1545 in Bassano by Pietro Pizzamano, Venice. possibly private collection, Rome.[1] private collection, London, by 1989; sold 1997 through (Matthiesen Gallery, London) to NGA. [1] According to Patrick Matthiesen (letter of 12 September 1996 to Alan Shestack, NGA deputy director, copy in NGA curatorial files).

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Bassano, Jacopo

1545

Accession Number

1997.21.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 143.5 × 243.68 cm (56 1/2 × 95 15/16 in.) | framed: 177.8 × 277.5 × 12.7 cm (70 × 109 1/4 × 5 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund