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The Adoration of the Magi (from the Life of the Virgin series, 1 of 12 plates)

The Adoration of the Magi (from the Life of the Virgin series, 1 of 12 plates)

(German, about 1440/45–1503)
(German, 1465–1524)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 26.8 x 18.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession numberM28177
On View
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceSir John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (b. 1770 - d. 1859; Lugt 2709a), Northwick Park, near Moreton-in-Marsh, originally Worcestershire, now Gloucestershire, and Thirlestane House, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; 1859, by inheritance to his nephew, Sir George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick (b. 1811 - d. 1887), Northwick Park; 1887, by inheritance to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta, Lady Northwick (née Bateman-Hanbury, b. 1832 - d. 1912), Northwick Park; 1912, by inheritance to her grandson from her first marriage, Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill (b. 1876 - d. 1964), Northwick Park; May 28-30, 1918, his sale, Sotheby's, London, purchased by A. B. Daniell & Son (dealers), London. November, 1920, purchased from Colnaghi & Co. (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Accession Date: November, 1920)