Adoration of the Magi

Adoration of the Magi

Title

Adoration of the Magi

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Romminger 1914/15, 249]

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.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Hans Kemmer (in Cranach the Elder's workshop)

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

['Werkstatt Lucas Cranach d. Ä. (Hans Kemmer)', Heydenreich 2021 B, 67] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 79, no. 49A]

Hans Kemmer (in Cranach the Elder's workshop)

['Werkstatt Lucas Cranach d. Ä. (Hans Kemmer)', Heydenreich 2021 B, 67]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Romminger 1914/15, 249]

Production dates
about 1515 - 1520
about 1514 - 1518

Production dates

about 1515 - 1520

[cda 2021]

about 1514 - 1518

[Flechsig in: Romminger 1914/15, 249]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 153 x 105 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 153 x 105 cm

  • [Romminger 1914/15, 249]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P490
FR (1978) Nr.
FR049A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P490/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer (1719-1783), still family property in 1914
    [Romminger 1914/15, 249]
  • apparently wrong information at [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 79, no. 49A]:
    Dr. Lichterer, Wittenberg

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 2021 B 64, 65, 69 Fig. 17
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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Romminger 1915
AuthorCarl Romminger
TitleEin bisher unbekannte Anbetung der Könige von L. Cranach d. Ä.
JournalZeitschrift für bildende Kunst. Kunstchronik
IssueN.F. 26.1915
Year of Publication1915
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kunstchronik1915/0134
Pages249-252
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Research History / Discussion

A similar version albeit a later copy exists in Warsaw [PL_MNW_186976].

[cda 2021]

  • Adoration of the Magi, about 1515 - 1520

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Versions

The Adoration of the Magi
  • The Adoration of the Magi, about 1600 or later
  • PL_MNW_186976
  • Painting
  • Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie

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