Adoration of the kings

Title

Adoration of the kings

Draughtsman

• Giulio Romano workshop

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Central Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• presentation design?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder): giulio campi da cremona; verso bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder): N. 5, N. 41 Giulio Campi da Cremona; unten rechts: giulio [...]; giulio [...] [durchgestrichen]; (mit Bleistift): giulio Gampii f.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Three Wise Men
• Caspar
• Melchior
• Balthazar

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 2,1-12

Primary

• 73B57 adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)

Secondary

• 25F24(CAMEL) hoofed animals: camel

Historic Attribution

• Giulio Campi draughtsman