The Adoration of the Magi, a Design for Bas Relief
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 18 inches (28.3 x 45.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Adoration of the Magi Bas Relief"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.524
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
kings | magi | spice | religious and mythological subject | incense | adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh) | myrrh | vases | gold | infancy | gifts | bas relief | relief
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Visions of Antiquity - Neo-classic Figure Drawings (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1994-02-06 - 1994-04-03)Visions of Antiquity - Neo-classic Figure Drawings (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993-07-22 - 1993-09-19)Visions of Antiquity - Neo-classic Figure Drawings (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1993-10-30 - 1994-01-02)
Publications:
Sylvie Tritz, John Flaxman und die Renaissance = John Flaxman and the Renaissance, ein Meister des Klassizismus im diolog mit Masaccio und Donatello : a master of neo-classicism in dialogue with Masaccio and Donatello , Skulpturensammlung und Museum Fèur Byzantinische Kunst Staatliche Museen, Berlin, 2009, p. 69, fig. 19, NJ18 F615 T2513 2009 (YCBA)