The Adoration of the Magi
c. 1501/1503
Albrecht Dürer
Artist, German, 1471 - 1528
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut
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Credit Line
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Accession Number
1943.3.3586
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 199
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Series Title
The Life of the Virgin
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Arkady Alferoff [1811-1872], Bonn (Lugt 1727). Clendenin J. Ryan, Sr. [1881-1939], New York; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1940, no. 105); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1971
Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 146, repro.
2007
Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007
Bibliography
1932
Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.
1991
Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 214-215, repro.
2001
Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 177.
Wikidata ID
Q18338569