Geertgen tot Sint Jans: The Adoration of the Magi
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Artist |
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
(circa 1460 date QS:P,+1460–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –circa 1488date QS:P,+1488–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ) |
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Alternative names |
Geertgen tot St. Jans, Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerard van Haarlem, Gerrit van Haarlem, Gérard de Saint-Jean |
Description |
Dutch painter and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
circa 1460 date QS:P,+1460-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
circa 1488 date QS:P,+1488-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Location of birth/death |
Leiden (?) |
Haarlem (?) |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q360888 |
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Title |
The Adoration of the Magi title QS:P1476,en:"The Adoration of the Magi "
label QS:Len,"The Adoration of the Magi "
label QS:Lsl,"Poklon Treh kraljev (Geertgen tot Sint Jans)"
label QS:Lja,"東方三博士の礼拝 (トット・シント・ヤンス)"
label QS:Lfr,"L'Adoration des Mages"
label QS:Lpl,"Pokłon Trzech Króli (obraz Geertgena z Rijksmuseum)"
label QS:Lnl,"De aanbidding van de koningen"
label QS:Lde,"Anbetung der Könige"
label QS:Lit,"Adorazione dei Magi (Geertgen tot Sint Jans Amsterdam)" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
religious art |
Description |
On the right the holy family in front of the stable in a ruin. On the left the three magi with their gifts. In the background the retinue of each of the three magi.
The three magi represent three generations and the three continents known in the Middle Ages: Europe, Asia and Africa. |
Depicted people |
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Date |
1480s date QS:P,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 |
Medium |
oil on panel |
Dimensions |
height: 91.6 cm (36 in) ; width: 71.8 cm (28.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+91.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+71.8U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Current location |
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Accession number |
SK-A-2150 |
Place of creation |
Haarlem |
Object history |
by 1904 date QS:P,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Willem Hekking Jr. (1825-1904), Amsterdam
20 April 1904: sale of the collection of Willem Hekking Jr. at L. Gijselman, Amsterdam, lot no. 7, for NLG 3,000
July 1904: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-A-2150, for NLG 3,920
from October 2004 until 2013date QS:P,+2050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+2004-10-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+2013-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : lent to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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Exhibition history |
Vroege Hollanders. Schilderkunst van de late Middeleeuwen, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 16 February 2008–25 May 2008, ISBN 90-6918-225-4, p. 102-105, cat. no. 9.
Geschenk uit de hemel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 14 December 2011–26 March 2012, no catalogue.
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References |
- Catalog of the paintings on show at the Rijksmuseum in 1956, 950A1
- 120 paintings from the Rijksmuseum, 2
- Catalogus der schilderijen, miniaturen, pastels, omlijste teekeningen, enz. in het Rijks-museum te Amsterdam (1909), 950a
- Early Netherlandish paintings, Vol. V Geertgen tot Sint Jans en Jerome Bosch, 2
- https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-2150
- https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/geertgen/adoratio.html
- https://geheugen.delpher.nl/nl/geheugen/view?coll=ngvn&identifier=RIJK01:SK-A-2150
- RKDimages ID: 29330
- Art in the Christian Tradition ID: 46734
- Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur PID: 0001190283
- Friedländer ID: 863
- Google Arts & Culture asset ID: GAE6iRRI6F6Qlw
- Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID (deprecated): 20016701
- BALaT object ID: 40004764
- Catalog of the paintings on show at the Rijksmuseum in 1956, p. 74
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Source/Photographer |
www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info |
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