Adoration of the kings

Title

Adoration of the kings

Draughtsman

• style of Adam Elsheimer

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• composition study
• sketch

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): n:n 63. [?]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Noeslli. [?]
Verso oben rechts Stempel Franz Baumgartner, Wien (Lugt 223), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer; unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

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

• Three Wise Men
• Caspar
• Melchior
• Balthazar

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

• Adam Elsheimer ? draughtsman