The adoration of the magi: the retinue of the magi bring luggage and gifts along a balustrade lit by torchères. Etchings by M. Dorigny, 1638, after S. Vouet.
- Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.
- Date:
- [1638]
- Reference:
- 3049411i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The men forming the retinue carry parcels, plate, etc. along the balustrade, accompanied by camels and horses
Publication/Creation
[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [1638]
Physical description
4 prints : etchings ; platemarks 32.6 x 53.8 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Has tabulas Simon Vouet primus regis pictor invenit, pinxitq(ue) in sacello aedium Petri Seguierii Lutetiae Parisiorum Franciae cancellarii. Cum privilegio Regis Christianissimi ... Michael Dorigny sculpsit anno d.ni 1638.
References note
Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, cabinet des estampes, tome 3, Paris 1954, pp. 480-481, no. 56 ("L'Adoration des Rois. 1638. Quatre morceaux se réunissant. D'après la décoration de la chapelle de l'hôtel Séguier.")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3049411i
Reproduction note
After paintings by Vouet formerly in the chapel of Pierre Séguier's hôtel particulier in Paris, latterly lost
Type/Technique
Languages
Holdings
- sheets 1 and 4 of 4
Where to find it
sheet 1
Location Status Access Closed stores3049411i.1sheet 4
Location Status Access Closed stores3049411i.2