Adoration of the Magi
Toledo ca ,1585-1624 1620 Oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest It is assumed that the figure at the bottom was painted after a model
Painting ID:: 62319
83 x 119 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao This painting of intense colours shows Italian, particularly Venetian influences. The composition follows the example of Paolo Veronese's paintings of the same subject, painted one century earlier. This probably can be partly explained by the Italian origin of the artist
Painting ID:: 62358
1440-41 Fresco Convento di San Marco, Florence Benozzo Gozzoli was a student of Fra Angelico who had a formative influence on him. He collaborated in the pictorial decoration of the dormitory cells in the Florentine Dominican monastery of San Marco, which took place from 1438 to 1444/45. There Fra Angelico and his assistants were painting a small devotional fresco in each cell, while Cosimo de' Medici's double cell (cell 38/39) was furnished with a larger wall painting, the Adoration of the Magi (cell 39) and a Crucifixion with Saints Cosmas, Damian, John and Peter (cell 38, the vestibule). The complete integration of the youthful Benozzo's artistic style with that of Fra Angelico has meant that it is only in recent times that it has been possible to identify with a fair degree of accuracy a variety of interventions by his hand, which were first limited to isolated figures or group of figures. Later he had more responsibility and scholars now agree that he was almost exclusively responsible for the decoration of Cosimo de' Medici's cells. Gozzoli's decisive part in the production of the Adoration of the Magi can be recognised stylistically by the fact that, compared t the works of his teacher, the colours are softer, the plasticity of forms is reduced in favour of sharper contours, and the landscape in the background acts as a backdrop. Here the religious theme of the Epiphany is set in a bleak rocky landscape which rises up behind the Three Kings' retinue. This corresponds to the religious mood of Fra Angelico's pictures and does justice to the fresco's function as a devotional picture
Painting ID:: 62397
1488 Tempera on wood Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence Ghirlandaio (second from the right) gazes out at us from this picture, more modestly than in his other self-portrait (like in the Tornabuoni Chapel or in the Sassetti Chapel). It is thought that the churchman dressed in black in front of him is the man who commissioned the panel painting, Francesco di Giovanni Tesori. Above these two portraits, the Slaughter of the Innocents in Bethlehem is shown. The town beyond this, in which we can see monuments such as the Colosseum, Trajan's Column, the Torre del Milizie, and a pyramid, is meant to be reminiscent of Rome
Painting ID:: 62412
1488 Tempera on wood, 285 x 240 cm Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence Vasari writes about the painting: "In the church of the Innocenti he painted in tempera a much-admired picture of the Magi, containing some fine heads and varied physiognomies of people both young and old, notably a head of the Virgin, displaying all the modesty, beauty and grace which art can impart to the Mother of God". There are so many saints in this Adoration that it is not easy to make out the three Magi. On the left, Saint John the Baptist is kneeling and pointing to the Madonna. The orphans of the Spedale are represented by two of the innocent boys who were killed during the Slaughter of the Innocents in Bethlehem, kneeling in the foreground. There are gaping bloody wounds to their faces, arms and necks. In this Adoration of the Magi, Ghirlandaio's carefully thought out use of colour is particularly impressive: Ghirlandaio distributes the glowing colours evenly. Mary in the centre is wearing a blue cloak over a red dress. The oldest king kneeling in front of her is wearing a variation of these colours combined with yellow. To the left of Mary, the youngest king holding the valuable goblet in his hand - he almost looks like Saint John the Evangelist - is also dressed in blue, yellow and red. The figure standing on the right edge of the picture wearing an expensive hat repeats this combination of colours, though now the blue and yellow are reversed. In the second figure from the right, wearing the blue hat, the Madonna's colours of red and blue are visible again, and they are repeated in clothes of the bearded man wearing a turban on the left edge of the picture. Between the Madonna and the man with the blue hat on the right, the artist creates a yellow highlight, though with a weaker blue accent, in the figure of Joseph. This row of figures alone produces a rhythm of colour from left to right: red and blue; yellow, blue and red; red and blue; yellow and blue; red and blue; yellow, blue and red. The work represents one of Ghirlandaio's most important "easel" works. Here too the assistants were at work. Indeed, in the scene of the Slaughter of the Innocents in the background, Berenson recognized the hand of Bartolomeo di Giovanni, the author of the stories from the predella. Artist: GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Painting Title: Adoration of the Magi , 1451-1500 Painting Style: Italian , , religious
Painting ID:: 63010
Adoration of the Magi
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1485-1540 1526-28 Oak, 251 x 185 cm Gem?ldegalerie, Dresden The painting, coming probably from a church in Genoa, was attributed to D?rer in the 16th century. Artist: CLEVE, Joos van Painting Title: Adoration of the Magi , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , religious
Painting ID:: 63065
1507 Oil on wood Staatliche Museen, Berlin In the centre of the altarpiece the donor, Ernst von Wettin, Archbishop of Magdeburg, brother of Emperor Frederic the Wise, is represented. The side panels depict St George and St Maurice, the latter being the patron saint of the Magdeburg archbishopry.Artist:BALDUNG GRIEN, Hans Title: Adoration of the Magi Painted in 1501-1550 , German - - painting : religious
Painting ID:: 63525
1504 Oil on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, FlorenceArtist:D?RER, Albrecht Title: Adoration of the Magi (detail) Painted in 1501-1550 , German - - painting : religious
Painting ID:: 63739
1501-06 Oil on wood, 132 x 79 cm Vasco Museum, Viseu The Adoration of the Magi, is one of the fourteen panels from the altarpiece of the Chancel in Viseu Cathedral, and the earliest dated work of the artist. It is a key work in the evaluation of the impact which the painting and the painters from southern parts of the Low Countries had on the taste of patrons and on the work of painters in Portugal. Despite the controversy surrounding its authorship, everything points to a team, led by the Flemish painter Francisco Henriques, joined locally by the young Vasco Fernandes, elaborating the altarpiece for the bishop of Viseu. The Adoration of the Magi includes iconographic details which confirm that the altarpiece was made locally. The black Wise King, Balthasar, is replaced by an Indian from Brazil. The closeness in time of this artistic representation (the first in Western art) to the discovery of the lands of the True Cross (Brazil) gives it an extraordinary historical value. , Artist: FERNANDES, Vasco , Adoration of the Magi , 1501-1550 , Portuguese , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 63945
1515 Oil on panel, 83 x 166 cm Rockox House, Antwerp In comparison with other artistic centres, Antwerp had relatively little tradition in art in the beginning of the 16th century: but it was fertile ground ready to receive the seeds of new ideas brought by the many artists who flocked to the town on the Scheldt from other towns in the Low Countries. This burgeoning artistic life yielded religious works based on iconographic and compositional formulae derived from foreign examples. Moreover, the Low Countries' own traditional church based art had reached a crisis, and signs could already be seen heralding the advent of a different type of painting all together, with the birth of the Italian Renaissance. The economic and social revolution which transformed the needs and demands of art lovers resulted in a much looser relationship between artist and patron. Artists no longer felt obliged to bow to specific requirements as to the form or content of the painting imposed by the patron or institution commissioning it. Instead, they began to feel that their responsibility was rather to satisfy the tenets of taste held by nameless international artistic circles in which they moved. Thus an art market was created. Artists began to specialise, made life easier for themselves by repeating certain motifs over and over again, and aimed to create a certain effect. The anonymous Adoration of the Magi is an admirable example of the most popular subject of these artists, who are known as the Antwerp Mannerists. Strutting vanity and late Gothic and Renaissance decorations are depicted in sharp contrast with quiet modesty. , Artist: UNKNOWN MASTER, Flemish , Adoration of the Magi , 1501-1550 , Flemish , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 63982
1520 Panel, 29 x 22 cm (central), 29 x 8,5 cm (side panels) Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The charming little work by anonymous artist called the Master of the Antwerp Adoration is exuberant, lively and full of eccentric shapes and attitudes, while the newly acquired wealth of Antwerp is displayed in the abundance of luxurious, gothic reminiscences. , Artist: UNKNOWN MASTER, Flemish , Adoration of the Magi , 1501-1550 , Flemish , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 64062
1500-10 Oil on oak panel, 151 x 115,5 cm Groeninge Museum, Bruges The altarpiece - shown in the original frame - probably hung in the Chapel of the Magi in the former Saint Donatian's Church in Bruges. , Artist: UNKNOWN MASTER, Flemish , Adoration of the Magi , 1501-1550 , Flemish , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 64144
Adoration of the Magi
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, active ca.1490-1530 83,4 x 73,1 cm Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp The picture shows the central panel of a triptych. , Artist: MASTER of Hoogstraeten , Adoration of the Magi , 1501-1550 , Flemish , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 64216
Adoration of the Magi
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, active ca.1490-1530 Oil on oak panel Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp , Artist: MASTER of Hoogstraeten , Adoration of the Magi (detail) , 1501-1550 , Flemish , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 64217
Adoration of the Magi
Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640 1626-29 Oil on canvas, 283 x 219 cm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris Artist:RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel Title: Adoration of the Magi, 1601-1650, Flemish , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 64699
Adoration of the Magi
Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640 1618-19 Oil on canvas, 245 x 325 cm Mus?e des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Artist:RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel Title: Adoration of the Magi, 1601-1650, Flemish , painting , religious
Painting ID:: 64701
Adoration of the Magi
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1596-1674
between 1628(1628) and 1630(1630)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions Width: 53 cm (20.9 in).
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Painting ID:: 78249
Peter Paul Rubens Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640
Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 ?C May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.
In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp which produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically-educated humanist scholar, art collector, and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, king of Spain, and Charles I, king of England.
Rubens was a prolific artist. His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, "history" paintings, which included mythological subjects, and hunt scenes. He painted portraits, especially of friends, and self-portraits, and in later life painted several landscapes. Rubens designed tapestries and prints, as well as his own house. He also oversaw the ephemeral decorations of the Joyous Entry into Antwerp by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand in 1635.
His drawings are mostly extremely forceful but not detailed; he also made great use of oil sketches as preparatory studies. He was one of the last major artists to make consistent use of wooden panels as a support medium, even for very large works, but he used canvas as well, especially when the work needed to be sent a long distance. For altarpieces he sometimes painted on slate to reduce reflection problems.
His fondness of painting full-figured women gave rise to the terms 'Rubensian' or 'Rubenesque' for plus-sized women. The term 'Rubensiaans' is also commonly used in Dutch to denote such women. Adoration of the Magi ca. 1616-17
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 251 cm x 338 cm
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