Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni Antonio Pordenone
1484?-1539

The Adoration of the Magi

9 3/4 x 13 1/16 inches (246 x 333 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with lead white opaque watercolor, over black chalk on blue paper, altered to blue-green.
1977.48

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Watermark: Anchor in circle, visible through lining with strong transmitted light.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right in pen and brown ink, "Pomponio Amalteo del Friuli"; various modern inscriptions on verso.
Associated names
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, former owner.
Weitzner, Julius, -1986, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Eighteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1978, p. 284.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department