The adoration of the magi. Etching, 1733, after S. Gribelin, 1712, after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

1733

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image and border 24.9 x 31.5 cm

The wise men make their offerings to Christ, & worship him. Copied from the picture of Signior Paulo Veronese in the Royal Galery at Windsor Castle, 1733. Magi ab oriente Christum adorant iiq. munera offerunt. Aeri incidit ad tabulam sign. Paul. Veronens. in castello Vindesoriae asservatam Ann. MDCCXXXIII.

Wellcome Collection 3022640i

Copied ca. 1733 (the year of Simon Gribelin's death) after an etching in the reverse direction by Gribelin, 1712, after a painting by Veronese then at Windsor. The 1733 engraver also changed the lettering to remove Simon Gribelin's name without correcting the grammar in the Latin lettering