Adoration of the Magi
about 1620
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white opaque watercolor
- Dimensions
- 27.6 × 21.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-196836
Jusepe de Ribera chose an unusual arrangement for his powerful composition of a frequently depicted subject. The Magi, wise men from the East, and their attendants crowd into a small space around the Virgin Mary and the newborn Christ Child. As the wise man on the right kneels down humbly to pay his respects, however, the one on the left seems to stand apart grimacing. Another, at the back of the scene, impolitely turns away completely, showing only the back of his head to the Mother and Child. Joseph has already taken one of the gifts, offering it to his wife, who grabs it eagerly.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1620 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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