….; purchased by Dr. Ernst Heldring (1871-1954) Amsterdam, 1927;{RMA Archive, Heldring, E., Note 21 February 1986.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1934 - 37 (inv. no. SK-C-1298, as Caravaggio); by whom bequeathed, with SK-A-3884, to the museum, 1954
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Documentation
Delphine Fitz Darby, 'Ribera and the wise men', The Art Bulletin (1962) nr. 44, p. 279, 300, afb. 15.
O. Ferrari, 'L'iconografie dei filosifiantichi nella pittura del sec. XVII in Italia', Storia dell'arte (1986) nr. 57, p. 103-182.
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