Adoration of the Magi, 1701
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Bequest of Professor Alfred Moirexpand_more 2012.58.210
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This is a study after a work by the famous 17th-century Roman artist Carlo Maratta, of an altarpiece found in the church of San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio in Rome. The unknown artist who executed the study included an abbreviated annotation of the painting "S. Mr C," and dating the sheet "1701." Artists flocked to Rome from all over Europe in the 18th century to copy the ancient ruins, Renaissance architecture, and Baroque paintings. It seems likely this drawing came from a notebook by a traveling artist.
Details
- Title
- Adoration of the Magi
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2012.58.210
- Provenance
- Sale, Sotheby's, London, October 10, 1974, part of no.182 (five drawings), for £40, to Moir; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1974-d. 2010; offered for sale, Sotheby's, London, March 30, 1987, no. 246, as attributed to Blanchard, bought in; bequeathed to MIA)
- Curator Approved
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