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Frederic Leighton: The Star of Bethlehem   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Frederic Leighton  (1830–1896)  wikidata:Q160252 s:en:Author:Frederic Leighton q:ta:பிரடெரிக் லைய்ட்டான்
 
Frederic Leighton
Description English-British painter, sculptor, politician and drawer
Date of birth/death 3 December 1830 Edit this at Wikidata 25 January 1896 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Scarborough London
Work period circa 1855-1896
Work location
London; City of Brussels; Paris; Frankfurt; Rome; Algiers; Constantinople; Aswan; Damascus Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q160252
Title
The Star of Bethlehem
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
One of the Magi, from the terrace of his house, stands looking at the star in the East. The lower part of the picture indicates a revel, which he may be supposed to have just left.
"The Star of Bethlehem" or "Eastern King" (see Google Books).
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 154.9 cm (60.9 in); width: 59.1 cm (23.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,154.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,59.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q2999991
Accession number
2013.8
Object history
  • 1862: Probably, Sale: Christie's, London
  • 1897: T. B. Holmes
  • 16 October 1981: Mrs. M. de Q. Quincey and sold, Christie's, London, lot 30
  • 11 June 1993: Sale: Christie's, London, lot 107
  • Acquired at the above sale
  • 8 November 2013: sold at Sotheby's New York, lot 10
  • 2013: acquired by Dahesh Museum of Art
Exhibition history
  • 1862: London, Royal Academy, no. 217
  • 1862: Liverpool, Autumn Exhibition, no. 152
  • 1897: London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of the Works by the late Lord Leighton of Stretton, P. R. A., no. 28
  • 15 February 1996 - 21 April 1996: London, Royal Academy, Frederic Leighton 1830-1896, no. 22
References The Dahesh Museum of Art
Source/Photographer Sotheby's New York, 08 November 2013, lot 10

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Depiction of Magi leaving his revel and seeing the Star of Bethlehem in the distance.

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