Illustration: 73B57x73B55x5

General

Title adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh), the star appears again and guides the three Wise Men to Bethlehem
Type Illustration
Sizes 101x73
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 73B57,73B55
Iconclass description adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh), the star appears again and guides the three Wise Men to Bethlehem
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Matthew) 2 A4v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Matthew) vol.2 p.A4v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Matthew) vol.2 p.A4v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

Bibliographic references

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