The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

Title

The Adoration of the Magi

[cda 2020]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie online database, accessed 06.05.2021]

Set in a ruin the Virgin is shown seated at the centre of the painting holding the infant Christ on her knee. Her gaze is focused on her son and her hair is loose. The three kings are arranged around her. The eldest has thinning hair and a beard, kneeling

Set in a ruin the Virgin is shown seated at the centre of the painting holding the infant Christ on her knee. Her gaze is focused on her son and her hair is loose. The three kings are arranged around her. The eldest has thinning hair and a beard, kneeling on the left in the foreground he has taken the child’s hand and kisses it softly. On the opposite side the second king kneels, offering an opulent chalice, which the child tries to grab. His turban lies next to him on the ground. The third king is depicted as a moor and stands on the right side of the painting, offering his gift and raising his hat in greeting. A group of men stand in the middle distance on the left.

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie online database: http://www.cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/dmuseion/docmetadata?id=21760&show_nav=true&full_screen=true#full_screen; accessed 05.06.2020]

Production date
about 1600 or later

Production date

about 1600 or later

full_screen; accessed 05.06.2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 165 x 100 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 165 x 100 cm

  • [handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location
Warsaw
CDA ID
PL_MNW_186976
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_186976/

Provenance

  • National Museum, Warsaw
    [cda 2020]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2021 B 69
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Kemmer: Spuren künstlerischer Gestaltungsprozesse. Teil II: Wittenberg
Publicationin Dagmar Täube, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2021
Pages59-69
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  • The Adoration of the Magi, about 1600 or later

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Adoration of the Magi
  • Adoration of the Magi, about 1515 - 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P490
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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