The Adoration of the Magi
EXHIBITOR:
Mireille Mosler Ltd
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CONTACT EXHIBITORAdriaan de Weerdt (Brussels ca. 1540 - ca. 1580 Cologne)
The Adoration of the Magi
before 1573
Pen, brush and brown ink, with brown, grey and yellow washes with white heightening, used with oil binder, on beige colored paper, indented for transfer
9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. • 245 x 198 mm
18 x 16 in. • 45.7 x 40.6 cm
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1966, lots 108-111;
Peter Claas, London, 1967;
Private collection, Hergiswil, Switzerland;
Private collection, The Netherlands
Peter Claas, London, 1967;
Private collection, Hergiswil, Switzerland;
Private collection, The Netherlands
Literature
Hessel Miedema, ed., Karel van Mander. The Lives of the Illustrious Netherlandish and German Painters, Doornspijk 1996, Vol. III, p. 209, fn. 41
Hollstein’s Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700, Vol. LI, Rotterdam 1998, pp. 220-221
Ilja M. Veldman, “Tekeningen van Adriaan de Weert”, Delineavit et Sculpsit, December 2017, No. 42, pp. 2-22, ill. 4, 5, 8, 12, p. 5</p
Exhibition History
London, Alpine Club Gallery, Drawings by five centuries, 15-27 May 1967, no. 96</p
