The Adoration of the Magi
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770–90
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figural scene; within a partially roofed-over stable is the scene from the Nativity of the Three Magi paying homage to the Christ Child, held by the Virgin Mary at left. Figure of Joseph behind her. At right, the Magi in elaborate dress and coats present gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The interior setting and the flesh of the figures is painted in gouache, the clothing is rendered in applied cloth.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-166-40
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Decoupage
label: Type
content: Decoupage
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Coth and paper, brush and gouache on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 21.2 × 32.9 cm (8 3/8 × 12 15/16 in.)