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The Adoration of the Magi
Jean Mignon, Luca Pennic. 1545
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Printmaking at Fontainebleau flourished briefly during the 1540s and seems to have stopped altogether by 1547. Jean Mignon was one of the four major etchers whose works are most closely associated with the workshop there. Almost all of Mignon's prints reproduce drawings by Luca Penni (1500/4–1557), an Italian painter active at the chateau. The elegantly elongated figures reflect the influence of Italian Mannerists, especially Parmigianino.
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- Title: The Adoration of the Magi
- Creator: Jean Mignon (French), Luca Penni (Italian, 1500/04-1557)
- Date Created: c. 1545
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 31.2 x 42.3 cm (12 5/16 x 16 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 32 x 43.1 cm (12 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: purchased from (Artemis, London)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.41
- Medium: etching
- Inscriptions: SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: [illegible] ; lower center, in pen and brown ink: n° 14 ; VERSO, lower right, in graphite: L'adoration des Majes / page 381 ; lower right, in graphite: B. 14 présume [illegible word] du Jo Migon / D'aprés Luc Penni / ([Plus?] bella)
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, 16th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Accession Number: 1989.41
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