The Adoration of the Kings
The infant Christ sits on the lap of his mother, the Virgin Mary, while the three kings present him with gifts. It is striking that the figures are shown crowded together and in fairly stiff, static poses. Ter Brugghen’s style was old-fashioned by the standards of his time:
the bright palette recalls Mannerism. The realism, especially in the Child’s face, brings to mind the work of the Italian pai…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/73B57
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/73B57
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1619
- 1619
Place-Time
- first quarter 17th century
Places
- Utrecht
- Utrecht
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.23
Provenance
- ...; private collection, Yorkshire;{Note RMA.} ...; the dealer, B. Cohen, London;{Note RMA.}...; sale, H.H. the Prince de Ligne et al., London (Sotheby’s), 10 July 1968, no. 38, as unknown artist, bought in;...; from the dealer B. Cohen, London, fl. 318,000, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Fotocommissie, 1970
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8090
- SK-A-4188
Extent
- height 132.5 cm
- width 160.5 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1619
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:18.811Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:01.814Z