Adoration of the Magi

1776

Giovanni David, after Battista Dossi

Associated Names
Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

Battista Dossi

Artist After, Ferrarese, c. 1490 - 1548

The image shows a group of people. A seated woman is holding a child in her arms. In front of her, an elderly man is kneeling and presenting a round object. Other individuals surround them, with one man gesturing to the right. In the background, there are hills, bare trees, and roman-like architectural elements. The text "Et procidentes adoraverunt eum" is inscribed at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with bitten tone on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Andrée and Jonathan Bober

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.8 × 23.2 cm (12 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 53.6 × 39.2 cm (21 1/8 × 15 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.176.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 130, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. E. Wetterauer, Stuttgart, inv. no. 2786 [born 1946] (Lugt 3870); Jonathan Bober, Chevy Chase, MD; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003: no. 130, ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Doss.Dossi pinx. Ferrar; lower right in plate: David del. et sculp. 1776; lower center in plate: Et procidentes adoraverunt cum.

Wikidata ID

Q77261094

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