The Adoration of the Kings

• The Adoration of the Magi
• The Adoration of the Kings

SK-A-4188

signature and date, bottom left: ‘HT-Brugghen fecit 1619’

The infant Christ sits on the lap of his mother, the Virgin Mary, while the three kings present him with gifts. It is striking that the figures are shown crowded together and in fairly stiff, static poses. Ter Brugghen’s style was old-fashioned by the standards of his time: the bright palette recalls Mannerism. The realism, especially in the Child’s face, brings to mind the work of the Italian painter Caravaggio.

painter: Hendrick ter Brugghen (signed by artist)

1619

olieverf op doek

height 132.5 cm x width 160.5 cm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

purchase 1970

Public domain

...; private collection, Yorkshire;{Note RMA.}...; dealer, B. Cohen & Sons, London;{Note RMA.}...; sale, H.H. the Prince de Ligne et al., London (Sotheby´s), 10 July 1968, no. 38, as unknown artist, unsold;...; from the dealer B. Cohen & Sons, London, fl. 318,000, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Fotocommissie, 1970

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