The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi

Currently not on view

The Adoration of the Magi,

ca. 1605

Francesco Vanni, Italian, 1563–1610
2020-317

Information

Title
The Adoration of the Magi
Dates

ca. 1605

Maker
Francesco Vanni
Medium
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions
34.9 × 24.1 cm (13 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2020-317
Culture
Italian
Type
oil sketches, drawings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
bible stories, altarpieces, figures (representations), Christ

Josepha Flachslander, Meinekestr. 6, Berlin (sale: Berlin, Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, April 23-24, 1936, lot 306, as Francesco Vanni, Maria mit Heiligen, bought in; sale: Berlin, Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 11-12 December 1936, lot 171 (bt. Gramberg); Professor Werner Gramberg (1896-1985), Hamburg; thence by descent.

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