The Adoration of the Magi

Publications

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.

Quick Overview

Artist: Pietro della Vecchia (Italian, 1605-1678)
Date: c. 1650
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.)
Type: Painting
Classification: painting
Style: 17th Century
Place: Italy
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan
Accession no.: 1965.1177

Provenance

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

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.