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Adoration of the Magi

first quarter 16th century
Not on view
This drawing of elegant figures worshipping the Virgin and Child set amidst the ruins of antiquity was once attributed to Lucas van Leyden (1489/94-1533), hence the L added later to the architectural base at the lower right.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Adoration of the Magi
  • Artist: Flemish , first quarter of the sixteenth century
  • Date: first quarter 16th century
  • Culture: Flemish, Antwerp
  • Medium: Pen and light brown and grayish brown ink over traces of black chalk; original borderline all around.
  • Dimensions: 11 x 7 15/16 in. (28 x 20.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.832
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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