Adoration of the Magi, after 1850

Title

Adoration of the Magi

Draughtsman

• Christian Becker

Inventor

• after Jörg Ratgeb

Period Produced

• 19th century
• 16th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolours
• vellum paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• copy of a wall painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): C. Becker fec.

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): D16 SCH; unten mittig: Gemalt von Jerg Ratgeb aus Schwäb. Gmünd; bezeichnet in der Darstellung: [...]
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

CC BY-SA 4.0 Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Main Motif

• worship
• Life of the Virgin
• Mary
• Christ Child
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Holy Family
• family
• the Three Magi
• Balthasar
• Caspar
• Melchior
• man
• woman
• child
• group of people
• animal
• ruin
• Bethlehem

Persons Shown

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

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 2,1-11

Primary

• 73B57 adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture

Secondary

• 25I5 landscape with tower or castle
• 41A12 castle
• 46C133 pack-animal
• 46C13141 horse
• 25F25(ELEPHANT) trunked animals: elephant