Anbetung der Heiligen drei Könige, ca. 1593

Title

Anbetung der Heiligen drei Könige

Draughtsman

• Unknown, 16th century

Inventor

• after Hendrick Goltzius

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance
• Haarlem Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• Indian ink?
• ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a copperplate engraving?

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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 2,9-11

Primary

• 73B57 adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)
• 11F7152 Christ-child accepting, reaching out for something ~ Madonna-representations
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 11F the Virgin Mary
• 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools
• 11D2 Christ as child or youth (in general) ~ Christian religion
• 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

Historic Attribution

• Hendrick Goltzius draughtsman