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.

Adoration of the Magi

Circle of Raphael
1483-1520

Adoration of the Magi

ca. 1520
11 1/16 x 20 7/8 inches (281 x 530 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with lead white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on paper; black framing line at bottom.
IV, 29a

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: two-pronged anchor in a circle.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of mount, at upper center, in pen and brown ink, "Cabinetto Ricci // Ven a / B / Fo 20 - No 18". Continues with long text, "This very capital drawing..."; at upper left corner, in graphite, "733-1-180"; at lower center, in graphite, "12"; at lower right, in graphite, "at Paris...(illegible)...(?)1750".
Associated names
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department