Adoration of the kings

Title

Adoration of the kings

Draughtsman

• Pietro Testa ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Upper Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after an etching?
• design for an etching?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Dunkelbraun): P. testa
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht feststellbar

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• 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

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)

Alternative Attribution

• Bartolomeo Biscaino draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Bartolomeo Biscaino inventor; by note on mount
• Pietro Testa draughtsman; declined, by note on mount