Die Anbetung der Könige
Adoration of the Magi
Kunstpalast - Horst Kolberg - ARTOTHEK

Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1650

ArtistUnknown
Oil on canvas
Dimensions without frame197,5 × 152,5 cm
Dimensions with frame230 × 185,5 cm
Place of originVlaanderen
Status
not on display
About the workIn this larger-than-life scene, the Magi reverently pay homage to the newborn Jesus and bring him precious gifts. Seated on his mother’s lap, the infant stretches out his hand to bless the head of the eldest Magi. The author of this work is unknown, but the artistic style exhibits a creative sensitivity to shadow, the folds of fabric and colouring that is similar to the style of great Antwerp painters such as Peter Paul Rubens and Jacob Jordaens.
AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Provenanceo.D. Sammlung des Kurfürsten Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz-Neuburg (1658 - 1716), Schloss Bensberg; 1824 Sammlung Königlich Preußische Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Inventory numberM 2158
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