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Circle of Jan de Beer

The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1510

Description

Maker

  • Circle of Jan de Beer, ca. 1475-1528, Flemish

Title

The Adoration of the Magi

Year

ca. 1510

Medium

Pen and brown ink and white opaque watercolor on laid olive-brown prepared paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • heightening

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

33.8 x 26.8 cm (13 5/16 x 10 5/8 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of the Museum Associates

Object Number

61.090

Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

Jan de Beer was an Antwerp Mannerist, a name given to a group of artists working in a common style in Antwerp in the early 16th century, who catered to a clientele interested in richly ornamental clothing, luxurious interiors, and fanciful architectural settings. The subject of the Adoration of the Magi was very popular with these middle-class merchant patrons, who may have identified with the story of the traveling Wise Men. The drawing was probably a finished product for the market.

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Recent Accessions

May 23 - June 24, 1962

Use

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