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The Adoration of the Magi (from the Early Life and Birth of Christ series, 5th of 6 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
In the manner of: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
In the manner of: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
1594
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 47.3 x 35.2 cm (18 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 47.8 x 35.5 cm (18 13/16 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 47.8 x 35.5 cm (18 13/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas E. Rassieur in memory of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession Number2001.802
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 019, ii/v; M. Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius) 12 (I/II)
State
ii/v
Signed
Monogrammed in image at the upper left on the shield over the door.
Marks
Watermark: arms of Basel with 3 circles; recto, lower center, oval blindstamp (not indentified); verso, mark of Pierre Mariette
ProvenancePierre Mariette (b. 1634 - d. 1716), Paris. November 30, 1995, Sotheby's, London, lot 39, to Thomas E. Rassieur; December 2001, his gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2001)