The Adoration of the Magi, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (workshop of), c. 1510 - c. 1515

Identification

Title(s)

The Adoration of the Magi

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3324

Description

De aanbidding der koningen. Voor de stal zit Maria met het kind op schoot, voor haar knielt een koning in aanbidding. Rechts de andere twee koningen, op de achtergrond soldaten, enkele ruiters en andere figuren.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (workshop of)
painter: Master of Alkmaar (rejected attribution)

Dating

c. 1510 - c. 1515

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 64.6 cm × width 44.7 cm
painted surface: height 64.3 cm × width 44.2 cm
depth 6.8 cm

Subject

What

adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch

Acquisition

gift Mar-1940

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

….; the dealer J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, as Meester van Alkmaar;{Note RKD.}…; collection Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch, near Mechelen;{Note RMA.} donated, with xx other objects, by Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann to the museum, 1940

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Middeleeuwse borduurkunst uit de Nederlanden, Richard de Beer, Micha Leeflang, Kees van Schooten, pp. 233-234, cat.nr. 72
Die Heiligen Drei Könige : Mythos, Kunst und Kult, Manuela Beer, Iris Metje, Karen Straub, p. 310-311, cat.nr. 124
The Magi Legend, Art and Cult, p. 310-311, cat.nr. 124
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 629
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 15-16, afb. 2, cat.nr. 26
Judith Niessen, 'De Meester van Alkmaar en zijn werkplaats, een heroverweging', Oud Holland 123 (2010), nr. 3/4, p. 276.
Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (1940), p. 8

Persistent URL

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