Adoration of the Magi, after 1850

Title

Adoration of the Magi

Draughtsman

• Christian Becker

Inventor

• after Jörg Ratgeb

Part Number / Total

2 / 2

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolours
• vellum paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• watercolour painting

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• copy of a wall painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert innerhalb der Darstellung unten rechts (mit Bleistift): C. Becker fec.; bezeichnet in der Darstellung (mit der Feder in Grau): [...]

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten mittig (mit Bleistift): D16 SCH / Gemalt von Jerg Ratgeb aus Schwäb. Gmünd
Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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
• architecture

Persons Shown

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

Illustrated Passage

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

Primary

• 7 Bible
• 73B57 adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)
• 73B592 (later life of) Caspar, the youthful 'European' king
• 73B591 (later life of) Melchior, the bearded 'Asian' king
• 73B593 (later life of) Balthasar, the 'African' (negro) king
• 11F the Virgin Mary
• 11D2 Christ as child or youth (in general) ~ Christian religion
• 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools