The Adoration of the Magi, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (circle of), c. 1640 - c. 1650

Identification

Title(s)

The Adoration of the Magi

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1482

Description

De aanbidding der koningen. De koningen en herders hebben zich rond de Heilige Familie verzameld bij een ruïne van een tempel. Rechts nadert een koning met in zijn handen een nautilusbeker.

Creation

Artist

painter: Bartholomeus Breenbergh (circle of)

Dating

c. 1640 - c. 1650

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on tin-plated copper

Material

Measurements

support: height 28.4 cm × width 48.8 cm
outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Jan-1889

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, F. Kaijser (†) (Frankfurt, Amsterdam) et al. [section F. Kaijser], Amsterdam (C.F. Roos), 4 December 1888 _sqq._, no. 13, as B. Breenbergh, fl. 295, to J.H. Balfoort for the Vereniging Rembrandt;{Copy RKD.} from the Vereniging Rembrandt, fl. 347, to the museum, January 1889{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 169, no. 18 (31 January 1889, no. 287); RANH, ARS, Kop, inv. 289, p. 210, no. 477 (2 February 1889).}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Persistent URL

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