DrawingsItalian16th century

The Adoration of the Magi

16th century

Artists

Giulio RomanoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream wove decorated mount

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.3 x 41.9 cm (11 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Peter Lely (Lugt 2091). William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799). John Postle Heseltine (Lugt 1507). Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

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