The Adoration of the Magi

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

c. 1650

Pietro della Vecchia (Italian, 1605-1678)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Pietro della Vecchia
Title: The Adoration of the Magi
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1645–1655
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 47 × 147.3 cm (18 1/2 × 58 in.); Framed: 54.7 × 157.5 × 3.9 cm (21 1/2 × 62 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan
Reference Number: 1965.1177
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/24677/manifest.json

Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report, 1965-66, (Chicago, 1966), pp. 9 and 27.
Bernard Aikema, Pietro della Vecchia and the Heritage of the Renaissance in Venice (Florence, 1990), p. 123, under no. 46.

Julius H. Weitzner [label on reverse of stretcher]. Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan by 1965; gift to the Art Institute, 1965.

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Suggested Terms

Currently Off View

Date:

Artist:

About this artwork

Status

Department

Artist

Title

Place

Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Medium

Dimensions

Credit Line

Reference Number

IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.

Extended information about this artwork

Publication History

Provenance

Share

Explore Further

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Gallery actions

Image actions

Share

IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.