Adoration of the Magi
Cristofano Robetta
Italy
bapt. 17 Nov 1462 – after 1534
Adoration of the Magi
c 1496-1500; later impression
engraving on paper
Italy
bapt. 17 Nov 1462 – after 1534
Adoration of the Magi
c 1496-1500; later impression
engraving on paper
- Place made
- Florence, Italy
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.1 x 27.7 cm (plate & sheet)
- Credit line
- David Murray Bequest Fund 1949
- Accession number
- 4910G168
- Signature and date
- Signed in plate l.r., "ROBETTA". Not dated.
- Provenance
- G.A. Cardew (b. 1865), London; Hermann Marx (d.1948), Cobham, Surrey UK; purchased from Craddock & Barnard, London on the advice of Harold Wright and Malcolm Osborne.
- Catalogue raisonne
- B.XIII.396.6; TIB 25.2521.010, only state
- Media category
- Collection area
- European prints
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WALL LABEL: A Beautiful Line: Italian prints from Mantegna to Piranesi, 2012
The Florentine Cristofano Robetta was trained in the craft of goldsmithing, the historical antecedent of engraving. His art combines both original and eclectic elements. The composition of this print, for example, is taken freely from Filippino Lippi’s painting of 1496, however Robetta limited the number of participants and introduced the angels. This approach was common for early Italian engravers, who often reproduced the work of other artists or created a composite image based on workshop models, drawings or paintings.
Maria Zagala, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs
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A beautiful line. Italian prints from Mantegna to Piranesi
Art Gallery of South Australia, 20 August 2010 – 31 October 2010
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[Book] Watanabe, Shinsuke. Italian Renaissance Prints from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.
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[Book] Zagala, Maria. A Beautiful Line : Italian prints from Mantegna to Piranesi.