85A
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
- Artist
- Visscher Workshop
- Title
- The Adoration of the Magi
- Date
- ca. 1652
- Medium
- Engraving [Schneevoogt 22-82]. After a 1621 engraving by Lucas Vorsterman I (1595-1675), itself after a 1617-1618 oil painting by P. P. Rubens now at the Musée des Beaux Arts in Lyon, France. One of 130 plates (plus title page) illustrating the Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti (The Royal-Size Bible). Published in Amsterdam by Claes Jansz. Visscher (1586-1652) and Nicolaes Visscher I (1618-1709).
- Photo Source
- British Museum Website
- Note
- There is another version of this subject, in the same direction, by Jacob Wangner (which we have not seen). See Schneevoogt 22-83.
- Item
- 85A
