Object data
oil on panel
support: height 24.1 cm × width 19.1 cm
thickness 1.2 cm
depth 6.4 cm
anonymous
Melchior, one of the three Magi
Nijmegen, c. 1480 - c. 1490
Technical notes
The support of this fragment is a single vertically grained oak plank, 0.3-0.6 cm thick. The panel has been trimmed on all sides and heavily overpainted wooden strips were applied to the right and left sides. The white ground is smooth. There are no traces of unpainted edges or a barbe. An underdrawing in brush is visible both to the naked eye and infrared photography. The figure was reserved. The paint was thinly applied with hardly any impasto.
Scientific examination and reports
- condition report: I. Verslype, RMA, 27 April 2005
Condition
Fair. A vertical crack extends the entire height of the panel and runs through Melchior’s face. The painting is slightly abraded and there are scattered retouchings throughout. The varnish is discoloured.
Provenance
…; collection Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911), The Hague, before 1902;1 from whom on loan to the museum, as German school, second half 15th century (inv. nos. C-807, C-808), 1907-11; donated to the museum from Hoogendijk’s estate, 1912; on loan to the Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, since 1959
Object number: SK-A-2546
Credit line: Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague
Copyright: Public domain
The artist
Anonymous, Nijmegen
Entry
See SK-A-2545.
Literature
See SK-A-2545.
Collection catalogues
See SK-A-2545.
Citation
J. Niessen, 2010, 'anonymous, Melchior, one of the three Magi, Nijmegen, c. 1480 - c. 1490', in J.P. Filedt Kok (ed.), Early Netherlandish Paintings, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7848
(accessed 26 April 2024 23:38:40).