Anbetung der Heiligen drei Könige

Title

Anbetung der Heiligen drei Könige

Draughtsman

• Netherlandish, 15th century

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Gothic
• early Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• pattern sheet?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): Israhel van Meckenem
Verso 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

Persons Shown

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

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

• Israhel van Meckenem the Younger draughtsman