Adoration of the Magi, from Johannes Hildesheimensis, 'Legenda Sanctorum trium regum' (Modena, D. Richizola, 1490)

ca. 1490

Not on view

Reproduced in D. Fava: "Tipografia Modenese," Gutenberg Jarbuch (1929): 164-185.

Nicoletta da Modena has been suggested as the author of this print for which there is no basis.

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Title: Adoration of the Magi, from Johannes Hildesheimensis, 'Legenda Sanctorum trium regum' (Modena, D. Richizola, 1490)
Artist: Anonymous, Italian
Publisher: Richizola
Date: ca. 1490
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 5 9/16 in. (20.5 × 14.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
Object Number: 50.545b
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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