DrawingsDutch17th-18th century

Adoration of the Magi

17th-18th century

Artists

Gérard de LairesseArtist

Juriaen OvensPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, touches of black chalk on two pieces of off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink reinforced in graphite

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12.8 x 18.9 cm (5 1/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Miles; to W. Daniel [William Daniel?]. [E. Weyhe, New York; without his mark], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs (L. 2091, without his mark), Cambridge, Massachusett, 1945; bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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