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Adoration of the Magi, Christian Becker, after Jörg Ratgeb

Christian Becker, Jörg Ratgeb

Adoration of the Magi

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Christian Becker
nachJörg Ratgeb

Adoration of the Magi, after 1850

Blatt: 350 x 400 mm

Inventory Number: 24067

Object Number: 24067 D

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Adoration of the Magi

Draughtsman

Christian Becker

Inventor

afterJörg Ratgeb

Part Number / Total: 2 / 2

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

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

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

7Bible
73B57adoration 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
11Fthe Virgin Mary
11D2Christ 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

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27.06.2025