The Adoration of the Magi

Title

[cda 2023]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Auct. Cat. Munich 1933, 15, lot 424]

The viewer is transported close to the event that happened in a stable in Bethlehem. While the Virgin holds the infant on her lap the elder of the three kings has fallen on his knees before them. Bareheaded he presents the infant with a golden casket. Christ takes one of the coins from the container and returns the king’s gaze. Both Balthazar and a third king stand behind him, each holding precious vessels. The latter has already placed his hat in front of his chest and bows to give the infant his present contained within a gold chalice. In the far distant background, a scene depicting the annunciation to the shepherds is visible on the horizon.

[cda 2023]

Attributions: Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder	[cda 2023]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	[rkd online, accessed 16.11.2023]; [Auct. Cat. 1933, 15, lot 424]
Circle of Albrecht Dürer	'Schule Dürers', handwritten note (not by Friedländer) on the reverse of a b/w photograph in the Friedländer Archive [rkd online, accessed 16.11.2023]

Production dates: after 1600 or later
about 1515

Production dates

after 1600 or later	[cda 2024]
about 1515	[rkd online, accessed 16.11.2023]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 81 x 58.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 81 x 58.5 cm
[handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Friedländer Archive, rkd online, accessed 16.11.2023]
Dimensions of support: 82 x 57 cm
[Auct. Cat. Munich 1933, 15, lot 424]

Signature / Dating: none

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P622
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P622/

Provenance

sold at Hugo Helbing, Munich on the 18/19.10.1933, lot 424
[Auct. Cat. Munich 1933, 15, lot 424]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Auct. Cat. Vienna 1933

424

Pl. V

Editor	Hugo Helbing
Title	Antiquitäten, Keramik, alte Möbel, ostasiatisches Kunstgewerbe, Gemälde alter Meister, Skulpturen: aus dem Nachlass der Frau Reichsgräfin von Sparr, aus dem Nachlass Franz Salis von Fackenhofen,... (Helbing, Munich, 18/19.10.1933)
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1933
Link	https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.55100

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Research History / Discussion

A number of versions and later copies of this composition exist: [RU_SMBKPM_924];[DE_SKK_0812]; [DE_HMB_5]; [DE_BE_NONE-BE002] [RU_SMBKPM_924]

[cda 2023]

The Adoration of the Magi, after 1600 or later

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