The Adoration of the Magi (Virgin in the Grotto), c. 1500

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 39 x 28.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.22, no. 13

Accession Number

1943.3.1329

Artists / Makers

Italian 15th Century (engraver)

Andrea Mantegna (artist) Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

Image Use

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Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 62); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1966: Art in the Making, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1966.

1973: Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 189.

1975: The Inspired Copy: Artists Look at Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975, no. 16 (exhibited only in April and May).

1982: Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1982, no. 38, repro.

1987: Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

2001: The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, as Virgin and Child in a Grotto by Mantegna School, repro.

2004: The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.

Bibliography

1938: Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973: Levenson et al. 1973, no.81.

1982: Fine, Ruth E. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1982, no. 38.

1991: Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 208, repro.