The Miraculous Draught of Fishes by Jacopo Bassano

Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1515, cartoon, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Thirty years earlier the celebrated artist Raphael had been commissioned to make a tapestry design (or cartoon) depicting The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. As the subject for his work, he chose the moment when Peter confesses his sinfulness to Christ. Raphael adopted the motifs of two boats overlapping and Peter kneeling before Christ from earlier images.