The Adoration of the Magi (Virgin in the Grotto)
c. 1500
Engraver
Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506
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Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 39 x 28.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.1329
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.22, no. 13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 62); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Art in the Making, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1966.
1973
Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 189.
1975
The Inspired Copy: Artists Look at Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975, no. 16 (exhibited only in April and May).
1982
Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1982, no. 38, repro.
1987
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.
2001
The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, as Virgin and Child in a Grotto by Mantegna School, repro.
2004
The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.
Bibliography
1938
Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.
1973
Levenson et al. 1973, no.81.
1982
Fine, Ruth E. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1982, no. 38.
1991
Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 208, repro.
Watermarks
Bow and Arrow
Wikidata ID
Q64953527