1986.443: The Three Magi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1986.443

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

The Three Magi

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

late 17th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227628

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

40 x 29.2 cm (15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
frame: 48.5 x 38.1 x 4.8 cm (19 1/8 x 15 x 1 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: on back of frame, printed in black: 218
• label: on back of frame, handwritten in red ink: 7
• inscription: on back of frame, handwritten in graphite: 159/16 #11
• inscription: on back of frame, in blue ballpoint pen: Fogg Slive Dec 77; closer to Adrian Brouwer than Jan Pynes
• label: on back of frame, handwritten in blue ballpoint pen: No request as of 12/3/78
• inscription: on back of panel, handwritten in black ink: Rembrandt van Ryn / original picture / obtained in Sicily / in 1860 / or Ferdinand Bol
• label: on back of panel, printed in black: Mrs. Isabella Grandin / 301 Berkeley Street / Boston 16 Massachusetts [two identical labels]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Isabella Grandin

Accession Year

1986

Object Number

1986.443

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

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