The Adoration of the Magi

• The Adoration of the Magi
• Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi (centre panel), the Donor and his Six Sons with St Jerome (inner left wing), the Donor’s Wife and her Seven Daughters with St Catherine of Alexandria (inner right wing), St Christopher (outer left wing) and St Antony Abbot (outer right wing)
• Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi

Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi

SK-A-4706

• coat of arms, top of the inner left wing: quartered, 1, a tall chevron, chequered silver and red, on a gold field; 2, seven black rings, three above three above one, on a silver field; 3, three black birds facing right, two above one, on a silver field; 4, two crossed silver swords, points downwards, with gold handles on a black field
• inscription, bottom of the outer right wing: ‘'SCS Anthonius'’
• date, upper centre of the centre panel, on the fronton: ‘1517’
• coat of arms, top of the outer left wing: a tall chevron, chequered silver and red, on a gold field
• inscription, bottom of the outer left wing: ‘'SCS Christoferus'’
• coat of arms, top of the inner right wing: divided vertically, 1, a tall chevron, chequered silver and red, on a gold field; 2, a red cogwheel with four spokes, sixteen nail-shaped vanes, and a square hole in the hub, with three red six-pointed stars, two above the cogwheel and one below it, on a gold field
• coat of arms, top of the outer right wing: an unidentified mark

The three kings worship the baby Jesus on the central panel. The donors, their children and patron saints appear on the wings: the father with his six sons and Saint Jerome (left), and the mother with her seven daughters and Saint Catherine (right). The two children in white shrouds had died. On the outer wings are Saint Christopher and Saint Anthony Abbot.

Vereniging Rembrandt, Verslag over 1978, p. 78-80.

painter: Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Amsterdam

1517

olieverf op paneel

height 84.1 cm x width 55.2 cm x height 82.2 cm x width 23.6 cm x height 82.2 cm x width 23.6 cm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and Mr and Mrs Middendorf, Washington

purchase 1978

Public domain

…; Franciscan convent near Messiera , 1792;{Hinterding/Horsch 1989, p. 59, no. 15} …; Van Parijs;{According to the dealer L.J. Nieuwenhuys; see Hinterding/Horsch 1989, p. 59, no. 15} …; purchased from the dealer L.J. Nieuwenhuys, Brussels, by Willem II (1792-1849), King of the Netherlands, Brussels, as Gossaert, with 22 other `tableaux gottiques´, probably April 1823;{Hinterding/Horsch 1989, pp. 9, 59, no. 15} his sale, The Hague (De Vries, Roos, Brondgeest), 18 August 1850, no. 15, as `Jean Memling´, unsold; from his estate, fl. 7,700, to Frederik (1797-1881), Prince of The Netherlands, 14 October 1850;{Hinterding/Horsch 1989, pp. 43, 59, no. 15} his daughter, Marie (1841-1910), Fürstin zu Wied, Princess of the Netherlands, Neuwied, 1883; her sale et al., London (Sotheby´s), 5 July 1967, no. 11, £ 37,000 to the dealer E.J. Speelman;{Copy RKD}…; on loan to the museum from J. William Middendorf II (1924-), Washington and The Hague, 1973-78; from whom, fl. 1,145,833, to the museum, with support from the Prins Bernard Fonds, the Vereniging Rembrandt and Mr and Mrs J. William Middendorf II, 1978; on loan to the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, 2004-10

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.

• Vereniging Rembrandt, Verslag over 1978, p. 78-80.
• M. Leeflang en D. Meuwissen, 'Ondertekend' : Onderzoek naar de ondertekening van de schilderijen van Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Oostzaan, 2003, cat.nr. 3.
• S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, m.m.v. W.J. van den Berg, 'De schilders Jacob Cornelisz. alias Jacob War en Cornelis Buys uit Oostzaan : Hun werkplaatsen in Amsterdam en Alkmaar', De Nederlandsche Leeuw 128 (2011) jun., p. 51.
• K. Steinbart, 'Nachlese im Werk des Jacob Cornelisz. von Amsterdam', Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft 5 (1929), p. 234.

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