Aanbidding door de koningen

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 320 mm (Binnen plaatrand afgesneden.) x breedte 537 mm (Binnen plaatrand afgesneden.)

Art Historical Context

**Aanbidding door de koningen (Adoration of the Kings 1638** Created by French engraver Michel Dorigny 1638, *Aanbidding door deingen* captures the biblical scene of the Three Wise Men paying homage to the infant Christ—a timeless motif in Christian art symbolizing faith, kingship, and divine revelation. Dorigny, active in the Baroque era, was renowned for his reproductive prints that faithfully interpreted grand compositions by contemporaries like Nicolas Poussin or Simon Vouet, making elite religious imagery accessible to a wider audience during Europe's Counter-Reformation fervor. This st...

About the Artist

Michel Dorigny · 1616–1665

French painter. Comment on works: Painter; History; Portrait; Engraver; Religious; Mythology; Draughtsman