The Adoration of the Magi

attributed to Isaac Duchemin, 1573

The drawings by De Weerdt (on the adjacent wall) were transformed into engravings by Isaac Duchemin, a Netherlandish-born printmaker who, like De Weerdt, had settled in Cologne. The skilled engraver followed the designs extremely closely, translating De Weerdt’s painterly compositions into a dense network of lines, crosshatches, and dots. As a result of the printmaking process, the compositions appear in reverse.

  • Artwork typeprint, albumblad
  • Object numberRP-P-2017-6094-33
  • Dimensionsheight 266 mm x width 220 mm
  • Physical characteristicsgravure