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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1917,1208.548
Description: Adoration of the Magi; the Holy Family at right; the Christ child delves His hand into a vessel offered by one of the reverential Magi; the turbaned magi holds open a precious casket and the other holds a censer; behind them a crowd of figures strain for a better view; in the background by some columns two figures bear torches; after Peter Paul Rubens. 1620 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Lucas Vorsterman I; After: Peter Paul Rubens; Published by: Lucas Vorsterman I
School/style: Flemish
Production date: 1620
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 581 millimetres; Width: 440 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The related painting by Rubens is in the Church of St John, Malines. A modello drawing is in the Cabinet du Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (8); Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (22.84); Corpus Rubenianum XXI / Rubens. Book Illustrations and Title Pages (8a) (cf.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: adoration of magi
Associated names: Representation of: Holy Family; Representation of: Balthazar; Representation of: Caspar; Representation of: Melchior
Acquisition name: Donated by: Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall; In Memory of: Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 5th Lord Dingwall
Acquisition date: 1917
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1917,1208.548

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