The Adoration of the Magi

1752/1753

Georg Anton Urlaub

Associated Names
Georg Anton Urlaub

Artist, German, 1713 - 1759

This is a drawing of a nativity scene within an architectural backdrop featuring ruins and arches. The scene is populated by figures arranged around a central figure who appears to be reclining or lying down. The architecture includes an archway and broken columns. The drawing is detailed, showing figures in various poses, some seated or crouched, while others are standing. Light and shade are used to create depth and dimensionality. The drawing is executed with fluid lines and soft washes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash and white gouache over graphite on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31.1 x 19.9 cm (12 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Knott 1978, no. Z. 233

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georg Schäfer [1886-1975], Schweinfurt. (Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich) in 1997. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • 70 Nordeuropäische Meisterzeichnungen 1500-1920, Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, 1990, 82-83, no. 49 (reprod.).

1996

  • Georg Anton Urlaub, Ein fränkischer Maler im Banne Tiepolos, Mainfränkisches Museums Würzburg, 1996, 131-132, 134, no. 57.

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 19, 36, 98-99, no. 23, under no. 24.

Bibliography

1978

  • Knott, Nagia. Georg Anton Urlaub (1713-1759). Ein fränkischer Maler. Würzburg, 1978: 247, no. Z 233.

1998

  • Faber, Annette. St. Wendelin in Eyershausen, Künstler und Kunsthandwerker im Grabfeld. (Renovatio 4). Lindenberg, 1998: 14, fig. 15.

Inscriptions

at bottom left in brown ink: Euershausen; in bottom left corner, traces of graphite [erased], Roman and Arabic numbers [illeg.]

Watermarks

three fleurs-de-lys

Wikidata ID

Q64571169

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