Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi

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Adoration of the Magi,

1500

Robetta, Italian, 1462–after 1534
x1934-609
Robetta learned many of the skills necessary for engraving while working as a goldsmith in Florence. This devotional image is one of seventeen known engravings that bear his signature—here inscribed underneath the fur-trimmed hat in the lower right corner. An eclectic artist, Robetta mined a wide range of sources, including altarpieces by Filippino Lippi and prints by Albrecht Dürer, combining figurative and landscape motifs to create his own compositions.

Information

Title
Adoration of the Magi
Dates

1500

Maker
Robetta
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 30 × 28 cm (11 13/16 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-609
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Florence

Inscription
Signed in plate, lower right: Robetta
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 396.6; Hind 10
Culture
Italian, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
bible stories, magi, figures (representations), religious art, men, women

Junius S. Morgan (1867–1932); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1932

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