Adoration of the kings

Title

Adoration of the kings

Draughtsman

• Hendrik Goudt

Part Number / Total

52 / 179

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• composition study
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1868

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

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

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)

Historic Attribution

• Adam Elsheimer circle; draughtsman