The Adoration of the Magi

Provenance

J.I. de Espinosa y Tello de Guzmán, 3rd Conde del Aguila [c. 1760-1808]; Julian Williams, British vice-consul, Seville; Frank Hall Standish, Seville [1799-1840]; bequeathed 1841 to Louis Philippe; (his sale, Paris, 6 December 1852, no. 593); (sale, Versailles, J. P. Chapelle 1 March 1970, no. 132); Jacques Petit-Horry, Paris; purchased by NGA, 1978.

The Adoration of the Magi

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban

c. 1650/1656

Accession Number

1978.105.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over red and black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 28 x 23.1 cm (11 x 9 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund