Adorazion of the Magi, after 1850

Title

Adorazion of the Magi

Draughtsman

• Christian Becker

Inventor

• after Jörg Ratgeb

Part Number / Total

1 / 2

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Aquarell auf Velin

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

Nicht bezeichnet

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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
• landscape

Persons Shown

• Three Wise Men
• Caspar
• Melchior
• Balthazar

Illustrated Passage

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

Primary

• 25H landscapes
• 25F animals
• 46A124 knight
• 73B57 adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)