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The Adoration of the Magi: AD.1.18-124

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Adoration of the Magi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brizio, Francesco
Printmaker: Carracci, Annibale (Previously attributed)
Painter: Carracci, Lodovico (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1594 CE - Circa 1595 CE

Note

Impression trimmed on all side; margin cut (signs of printed lettering on both sides, so probably state II). After Ludovico's painting in the Gessi Chapel, S. Bartolommeo de Reno, Bologna (1592-4). Indeterminate state: lower margin cut, removing lettering.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.1.18-124
Primary reference Number: 128604
Bartsch: 1
Illustrated Bartsch: 1 (199)
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: 4003.046 II/III
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 24 October 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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