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Adoration of the Magi
ca. 151538 11/16 x 21 7/8 in. (98.2 x 55.5 cm)
Master of the Holy Blood (aka Master of St. Sang)
Flanders
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on panel
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1980.43
Location: Currently on view
This painting depicts the New Testament story of one of the most popular devotional images in Christian art, the Adoration of the Magi. After Christ was born, three wealthy Magi, or Kings, from the east came to Jerusalem seeking the one “who was born king of the Jews.” When they found him near Bethlehem with Mary and Joseph, seen here standing behind the Virgin and infant Christ, they “bowed down and worshipped him, opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, incense and myrrh.”
[Gallery label text, June 2013]
[Gallery label text, June 2013]
Provenance
R. Bastianelli, Rome; Private collection, Germany; brought by the collector to New York in the 1930s [per Schickman Gallery]; Herner-Wengraff Gallery, London; Schickman Gallery, New York; purchased by the Gallery in 1980
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Selected Recent Acquisitions 7/6/1982 - 8/15/1982
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Title: Acquisition. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 45, Issue Number: 10. Issue Date: May, 1980.
- Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Selected Recent Acquisitions. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1982.
- Mededeelingen van het Nederlandsch Historisch Instituut te Rome. Nederlandsch Historisch Instituut te Rome
- A Sampler. New York, NY: H. Shickman Gallery, 1973.
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