Die Anbetung der Könige
Master of the Virgo inter Virgines
- adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)
- oak (wood)
- panel paintings (paintings by form)
The Master of the Virgo inter Virgines was a North Netherlandish painter and designer of woodcuts active around Delft between 1483 and 1498. He is named for an altarpiece of the Virgin with Saints Catherine, Cecilia, Ursula, and Barbara which formerly hung in the convent of Konigsveld, but which is now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. He was first distinguished individually in 1903; based upon the style of the altarpiece a considerable body of work has since been built up. The Master has been described as the most uncompromisingly "realist" of his contemporaries, and not at all concerned with elegance; he has also been called a forerunner of the Dutch school of painting.
Mentre il Durand Greville (1904) attribuisce l'opera a Hubert van Eych ilFriedlander propone con sicurezza il nome del 'Maestro della Virgo inter Virgines', collocandola in un periodo giovanile dell'attivitá del pittore, dopo il 1470. La tavola presenta le stesse dimensioni...