Adoration of the Magi
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), over traces of black chalk on buff laid paper
Dimensions
57.8 × 43.5 cm (22 13/16 × 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84189
About the Artist
Lambert van Noort · 1520–1570
Lambert van Noort (c. 1520–1571) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and architect whose primary historical significance lies in his role as father and likely first teacher of Adam van Noort, who would become one of the most important art educators in Flemish history and the teacher of Peter Paul Rubens and Jacob Jordaens. Born in Amersfoort around 1520, Lambert established himself in Antwerp, where...