Miraculous Draught Of Fishes Analysis

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The painting the The Miraculous Draught of Fishes was one the most religious pieces of art back in 1444, the artist Konrad Witz is famous for painting it. The painter had many years on working on technique and skill to make this wonderful painting that includes a religious aspect. This painting is one of many of his wonderful paintings, many pieces of paintings were lost for random reasons or just didn’t survive. He modernized his work by having the countryside view in the background of the painting and added the disciples and Jesus to the painting.

Konrad Witz, was one of the most important painters in 1444, which is when his the Miraculous Draught of Fish was published, but before it worked hard to be the amazing artist he was. He was …show more content…

An altarpiece is a painting, painted on wood that would be set behind an altar. Most of the art pieces that he did, were not saved fully so most of them were not complete. There is no evidence on where they could be or why they did not survive. One of his earliest surviving work is the, Heizspiegel Altarpiece, this painting had many bare rooms with human like figures, the other one is the Altarpiece of the Virgin. And the most famous one is the St. Peter Altarpiece which has the Miraculous Draught of Fishes featured in it. There is little about himself, life and his paintings. This is because of how little the paintings were reserved. But we can tell that he wanted to make an illusion with his paintings. The painting Miraculous Draught of Fishes is a painting with many different concepts. Konrad painted this piece on a piece of wood using oil based paint. His painting were known for being the first paintings that had a real landscape and had religious side to it. Witz's aim in his paintings was the create an illusion of human form. He did this by having bright color contrasts, and a strong light. The light causes the figures to have shadows. His figures were stumpy in proportion that had large hand, …show more content…

The painting the The Miraculous Draught of Fishes the light reflecting off the surface and water, in which he shows the reflections of the disciples in the boat, and shows the reflection of the buildings on shore. From the reflection the men are wearing colored clothing and see the men dropping the net into the water from inside the boat. Near th4 shore the water is transparent, we can see the rocks at the bottom, but the water in the middle of the picture is a silvery blue. The only thing not reflecting in the water is Jesus, because it is implied that it is the resurrected Jesus. He also paints the landscape around Geneva, on the countryside. The disciples are fishing on the edge of the lake and recognize a stranger who has yelled out to them. They recognize him as Jesus. Peter is paddling to shore toward Jesus to see him. At the time, it was one of the first painting to be detailed in area, or