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Fragment, in de 19de eeuw toegevoegd aan de retabelgroep met de Ontmoeting van de Drie Koningen van Adriaen van Wesel en verwijderd bij restauratie in 1978.
anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1900
- Artwork typesculpture, fragment
- Object numberBK-1977-134-A-4
- Dimensionswidth 10 cm x height 5 cm
- Physical characteristicseikenhout met sporen van polychromie
Identification
Title(s)
The Meeting of the Magi
Object type
Object number
BK-1977-134-A-4
Creation
Creation
sculptor: anonymous, Netherlands
Dating
c. 1800 - c. 1900
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Material and technique
Physical description
eikenhout met sporen van polychromie
Dimensions
width 10 cm x height 5 cm
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Place
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Acquisition
purchase 1977-05-31
Copyright
Provenance
? Commissioned by the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady, Den Bosch, 1475;{Archive Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady, Den Bosch, Accounts 1475-76, fols. 207v to 208v. See P.T.A. Swillens, ‘De Utrechtse beeldhouwer Adriaen van Wesel, ca. 1420-(na) 1489’, Oud Holland 63 (1948), pp. 149-64, esp. pp. 150-51; W. Halsema-Kubes et al., Adriaen van Wesel. Een Utrechtse beeldhouwer uit de late middeleeuwen, exh. cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1980-81, suppl. 1, 1475.} installed in St John’s Cathedral, Den Bosch, 1477;{Archive Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady, Den Bosch, Accounts 1477, fol. 265v. See Swillens 1948 (note 1), p. 152; exh. cat. Amsterdam 1980-81 (note 1), suppl. 1, 1477.} ? dismantled during the iconoclast revolt and transferred to a safer, unknown location, 1566;{Archive Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady, Den Bosch, Accounts 1566-67. See exh. cat. Amsterdam 1980-81 (note 1), suppl. II, 1566-67.} ? reinstalled in St John’s Cathedral, Den Bosch, 1567;{Archive Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady, Den Bosch, Accounts 1566-67. See exh. cat. Amsterdam 1980-81 (note 1), suppl. 2, 1566-67.} ? transferred to the Confraternity House, Hinthamerstraat, Den Bosch, 1629;{Exh. cat. Amsterdam 1980-81 (note 1), p. 36.}…; collection Evelyn John Shirley (1788-1856), c. 1825, possibly for the chapel of Lough Fea House, Carrickmacross, Monaghan County, Isle of Man, recorded 1825-42;{Estate inventory Lough Fea, 1869. See exh. cat. Amsterdam 1980-81 (note 1), no. 5.} his son, the historian and MP of Monaghan, Evelyn Phillip Shirley (1812-82), 1856; his son, the MP of Monaghan, Sewallis Evelyn Shirley (1844-1904), 1882; his son, Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn Charles Shirley (1889-1956), 1904; by descent to Major John Shirley (1922-2009), 1956; his sale, London (Christie’s), 31 May 1977, no. 204 (‘Flemish […] late 15th century’); purchased for the museum by the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1977
Documentation
- W. Halsema-Kubes, G. Lemmens, G. de Werd, 'Adrian van Wesel, een Utrechtse beeldhouwer uit de later middeleeuwen', Den Haag 1980, nr. 5
- Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1977, p.18
- W. Halsema-Kubes, Adriaen van Wesels Mariaretabel voor de Illustere Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap te 's-Hertogenbosch, 'Het gulden vlies, 's-Hertogenbosch ten tijde van het 14e kapittel van het Gulden Vlies, 1481', Den Bosch 1981, p.63 en p.65
- 'Twee onbekende retabelfragmenten van Adriaen van Wesel', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 28 (1980), p.155-162
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