The Adoration of the Magi, from The Life of the Virgin
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558 - 1617
1593-1594
Engraving on laid paper
Image: 18 3/16 × 13 7/8 in. (46.2 × 35.2 cm)
Sheet (Irreg.): 18 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (47.7 × 35.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil, Jr. 1935 Fund and the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund
2008.72.5
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in block, upper left: HG [H and G overlap]; inscribed, in ink, lower left: E oi Reges Bethlen duce sydere ducti, / Poplite submisso, posito Diademate, adorant; inscribed, in ink, lower right: Deserto puerum in stabulo, et pia munera promunt / Thuris odorati, Myrrhaeque, et diuitis auri F. Esthus; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse: no 5 M[illegible script] de Luca de Leyde / B 19 Watermark: Encircled Six-Pointed Star
Provenance
James A. Bergquist, Newton Center, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2008.
Catalogue Raisonne
Bartsch 19; Hirschmann 13
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu