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Object Type
Museum number: Sheepshanks.5335
Description: Adoration of the Magi; the Virgin, standing, lifts the Christ child to get a better view of a gift of gold offered by a kneeling Caspar; behind him stands Balthazar, a black man, who wears a turban; at left stand a retinue, including soldiers with spears, who gaze at the scene; after Peter Paul Rubens. 1630 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Willem Panneels; After: Peter Paul Rubens; Published by: Frans van den Wyngaerde
School/style
Production date: 1630
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 213 millimetres; Width: 160 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For an impression of first state see S.5334. After the 1626-1627 painting by Rubens in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv.no.1762.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (6.II); Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (20.63); Corpus Rubenianum XXI / Rubens. Book Illustrations and Title Pages (8a) (cf.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: Balthazar; Representation of: Caspar; Representation of: Melchior
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1836
Acquisition notes: For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Sheepshanks.5335
Additional IDs: Other BM number: S.5335

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