The Adoration of the Magi
Pietro della Vecchia
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.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
24677
About the Artist
Pietro della Vecchia
Pietro della Vecchia (1603–1678), a versatile Venetian painter from a family of artists, was born in Vicenza or possibly Venice to Gasparo della Vecchia, a painter admitted to the Venetian guild, and belonged to the prominent Dalla Vecchia lineage. In 1649, he married Clorinda Régnier, daughter of the Flemish painter Nicolas Régnier and a painter herself known for her spirited character; their uni...