The adoration of the Magi, Joris Fransz van Schooten, 1646

Identification

Title(s)

The adoration of the Magi

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-974

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, lower left (J and V ligated): ‘J. v. Schooten. fe. 1646’

Description

De aanbidding der koningen. Links de heilige familie in de stal, rechts de koningen met hun gevolg. Jozef houdt het Christuskind vast terwijl de eerste koning de hand van het kind kust, Maria heeft het geschenk in ontvangst genomen. Achter Maria een slapende hond en een os.

Creation

Artist

painter: Joris Fransz van Schooten

Dating

1646

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 153 cm × width 188.8 cm
depth 8.5 cm

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 1882

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; from Mr Van der Kolff van Hoogeveen, Delft, fl. 298.64, with a large chest and _A forest floor, with a snake, lizards, butterflies and other insects_ by Otto Marseus van Schrieck (SK-A-975), to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague (inv. no. 5820), 1882; transferred to the museum, February 1885

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 355, 356

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5424

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