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The Adoration of the Magi

after 1500
16th century
296 x 278 mm (11.7 x 10.9 in.)

Cristofano Robetta, Italian, (1462–ca. 1535)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Engraving on rough laid paper

Print impression quality: Crisp and silvery with rich contrasts

Edition: The dimensions (see note regarding drying distortion in Paper field) conforms to Hind’s measurements for contemporary impressions

Marks: Signed in plate, lower right: “ROBETTA”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Henry Studdy Theobald (Lugt 1375, Lugt 1376)

Bibliography: Hind D.II-10 (vol. 1, p. 200, plate 276); Bartsch 6 (vol. 13, p. 396); National Gallery of Art, Early Italian Engraving, cat. no. 118; Richard S. Field, ed., A Census of Fifteenth-century Prints in Public Collections of the United States and Canada (New Haven, CT: Print Council of America, 1995).

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1938

Accession Number: 1938.D1.8

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Bible, New Testament, religions, religious art*

Bible
New Testament
religions
religious art - Use broadly for art depicting religious subjects or for art used in worship. [September 1993 descriptor added.]

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 296 x 278 mm (11.7 x 10.9 in.)

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Cristofano Robetta, Italian, (1462–ca. 1535) . The Adoration of the Magi, after 1500. Engraving on rough laid paper. plate : 296 x 278 mm (11.7 x 10.9 in.). Sheet : 297 x 279 mm (11.7 x 11 in.). DAC accession number 1938.D1.8. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1938. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

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