New Testament subjects
The Adoration of the Magi
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 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).
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
