Adoration of the Magi | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.39
People: Attributed to Carlo Maratti, Italian (Camerano, Italy 1625 - 1713 Rome, Italy)
Title: Adoration of the Magi
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Adoration of the Shepherds
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/312285

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, traces of graphite, on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions

16.2 × 23.6 cm (6 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: Circle surmounted by a cross with the initials PN in the center (Mongan-Sachs W. 22)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Lindner. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year: 1898
Object Number: 1898.39
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 282

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