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The Miraculous Draft of Fishes Konrad Witz, 1444
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The Miraculous Draft of Fishes

Konrad Witz Β· 1444

Why it's great

Jesus walks on the water near a boat, with the snowy Mont Blanc in the distance. Konrad Witz painted this in 1444, and it is one of the first paintings of a real landscape, Lake Geneva, in European art.

Where to see it

πŸ“ Switzerland

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About the artist

Konrad Witz

1400–1445 Β· born in Rottweil Β· died in Basel

Konrad Witz was a German-Swiss painter born in about 1400 who worked in Basel. His pictures of solid, heavy figures in real landscapes were ahead of their time. He died in about 1445.

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