The Adoration of the Magi

Artist Blasco de Grañén Spanish, circa 1400–1459

Datecirca 1430–1440

MediumTempera on wood panel

Dimensionsheight, width, and depth (framed): 50 13/16 × 29 13/16 × 2 3/4 in. (129 × 75.8 × 7cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Ron and Jeanette Doggett Endowed Fund for European Art and the Charles E. and Pauline Lewis Hayworth Endowed Fund

Object number2023.24.1

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ProvenancePainted for the high altar of a religious house in the kingdom of Aragón; likely removed from its original context during the Desamortización of Mendizábal, 1836–7; Roberto Robert y Surís, marqués de Robert (1851–1929), Barcelona until 1929; heirs of the marqués de Robert, 1929–37; seized by the nationalist government of Spain; returned to the heirs of the marques de Robert by the Ministerio de Educacion Nacional between November 15, 1929 and December 5, 1939; Marian Espinal (1897–1974), Barcelona, 1937–ca. 1974; Antoni (or Antonio) Rosell Altimira (1906–77), Barcelona; by descent to Calamanda Grifoll Rosell (b. March 3, 1959), Barcelona; private collection, Barcelona, January 29, 2009; Sam Fogg, Ltd., London, May 24, 2022, inv. 20365.

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