King Melchior, one of the Three Magi, Pointing at the Star, fragment from An Adoration of the Magi, anonymous, c. 1480 - c. 1490

Identification

Title(s)

King Melchior, one of the Three Magi, Pointing at the Star, fragment from An Adoration of the Magi

Object type

Object number

SK-A-2546

Description

Caspar of Melchior, één van de drie koningen. Staande met het geschenk in de rechterhand, omhoogwijzend met de linkerhand. Evenals SK-A-2545 fragment van een altaarstuk.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous

Place

Nijmegen

Dating

c. 1480 - c. 1490

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 24.1 cm × width 19.1 cm
thickness 1.2 cm
depth 6.4 cm

Subject

What

adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague

Acquisition

gift May-1912

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911), The Hague, before 1902;{Henkels 1993, pp. 161-62.} from whom on loan to the museum, as German school, second half 15th century (inv. nos. C-807, C-808), 1907-11; donated to the museum from Hoogendijk’s estate, 1912; on loan to the Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, since 1959

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmuseum voor moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: de collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911), Herbert Henkels

Persistent URL

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