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Christ at the Sea of Galilee
c. 1740 · oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Christ stands on the shore in a wind that bends the trees, one arm out over the water. Peter is in the sea, and the sea is not calm. Two Gospels share the canvas: Christ on the shore and the miraculous draught of fishes, as John tells it, and the raging water of Matthew, where Peter walks and begins to sink. Peter Lukehart, in the National Gallery of Art's systematic catalogue, reads Alessandro Magnasco as conflating the two, and Washington's titles record the difficulty: Christ Calling Saint Peter in 1941, Christ at the Sea of Galilee now. Howard Oakley finds the spume-rich water unique among the many paintings of the story, with Peter probably sinking, just about to be rescued. The hand is already out.
Sources: Peter Lukehart, 'Alessandro Magnasco', in Diane De Grazia and Eric Garberson, Italian Paintings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue, Washington, 1996), pp. 177-188; read as the author's upload. · Howard Oakley, 'The Story in Paintings: Alessandro Magnasco, a maverick', The Eclectic Light Company, 10 April 2016. · National Gallery of Art, Washington, 'Christ at the Sea of Galilee', bibliography; re-read 2026-09-01. · Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Kress Collection record, 'Christ at the Sea of Galilee', K1221. · National Gallery of Art, artist page, Alessandro Magnasco. · John 21:4-8 and Matthew 14:29-31, Douay-Rheims (Challoner).
The Record
The original, as its museum records it
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The file this print is made from
| Artist | Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667–1749) |
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| Date | c. 1740 |
| Museum | National Gallery of Art, Washington |
| Accession | 1943.4.31 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 118.1 x 146.7 cm (46 1/2 x 57 3/4 in) |
| Sheet sizes | 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in |
| Held by | National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1943.4.31 the museum’s record |
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| Source file | the National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF) |
| Licence | public domain; the file released under CC0 |
| Master | 19,704 × 15,725 px, the file our printer receives |
| Chain | Taken from the National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF) on 1 September 2026; held as our print master. |
The sheets
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 19,704 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.