The Adoration of the Magi

First third of the XVII century.
Not on display

The scene depicts, on the right, the Virgin in profile with the Child. Before her, Melchior kneels with his body upright and offers her a large cup. Behind him, Caspar is kneeling, and Balthazar is standing. Saint Joseph is behind the Virgin Mary. In the upper register, angels are in flight.

Very typical of his style and his models, the work exhibits concrete similarities with the painting held at the Budapest Museum, although it cannot be considered to have been prepared exactly as he did it.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos T. I. Dibujos españoles, siglos XV-XVII / por A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 1972, p.38

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Inventory number: D000026
Author: Cajés, Eugenio
Title: The Adoration of the Magi
Date: First third of the XVII century
Dimension: Height: 175 mm; Width: 217 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931

Bibliography +

Angulo Íñiguez, D.; Pérez Sánchez, A. E., Historia de la pintura española: escuela madrileña del primer tercio del siglo XVII, Instituto Diego Velázquez, Madrid, 1969, pp. lám. 190.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos T. I. Dibujos españoles, siglos XV-XVII / por A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 38.