New Testament subjects
AFTER FRA BARTOLOMEO (1475-1517)
The Adoration of the Magi
c.1853-76Albumen print | 28.1 x 24.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850503
A photograph of a drawing by Fra Bartolomeo (c.1500) depicting The Adoration of the Magi now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv.no,1972.118.241).
This drawing was traditionally thought to be by Raphael but this attribution has been rejected in favour of Fra Bartolomeo, who studied the same composition in a drawing now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 452E).
This drawing was traditionally thought to be by Raphael but this attribution has been rejected in favour of Fra Bartolomeo, who studied the same composition in a drawing now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 452E).
Creator(s)
After Fra Bartolomeo (1475-1517) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint JosephBlessed Virgin Mary28.1 x 24.0 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Adoration of the Magi
- Infancy of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Italian Drawings 1982: 15th and 16th century Italian drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / by Jacob Bean, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982 no.23
Other number(s)
Ruland p.42 D.XVI.1
