Adoration of the kings, 1501 – 1550

Title

Adoration of the kings

Draughtsman

• Monogrammist I above a spade

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Late Middle Ages
• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• lead white
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• white heightening
• primary coat

Geographic Reference

• Alsatian

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso monogrammiert (mit der Feder in Schwarz): I [über einem Schäufelchen]

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1889

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Melchior
• Balthazar

Illustrated Passage

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

Primary

• 73B57(+0) adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh) (+ variant)

Historic Attribution

• Hans Schäufelein draughtsman