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Geertgen tot Sint Jans: The Adoration of the Magi  wikidata:Q11821336 reasonator:Q11821336
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Geertgen tot Sint Jans  (circa 1460
date QS:P,+1460–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–circa 1488
date QS:P,+1488–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
)  wikidata:Q360888
 
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
Alternative names
Geertgen tot St. Jans, Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerard van Haarlem,
Gerrit van Haarlem, Gérard de Saint-Jean
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa 1460
date QS:P,+1460-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 circa 1488
date QS:P,+1488-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth/death Leiden (?) Haarlem (?)
Work location
Haarlem (1484–1495); Low Countries Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q360888
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
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Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description

On the right the holy family in front of the stable in a ruin. On the left the three magi with their gifts. In the background the retinue of each of the three magi.

The three magi represent three generations and the three continents known in the Middle Ages: Europe, Asia and Africa.
Depicted people
Date Circa 1480-1485
Medium oil on oak wood
Dimensions height: 91.6 cm (36 in); width: 71.8 cm (28.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,71.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Room 0.1
Accession number
SK-A-2150
Place of creation Haarlem
Object history by 1904
date QS:P,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Willem Hekking Jr. (1825-1904), Amsterdam

20 April 1904: sale of the collection of Willem Hekking Jr. at L. Gijselman, Amsterdam, lot no. 7, for NLG 3,000

July 1904: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-A-2150, for NLG 3,920

from October 2004 until 2013
date QS:P,+2050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+2004-10-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+2013-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: lent to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Exhibition history

Vroege Hollanders. Schilderkunst van de late Middeleeuwen, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 16 February 2008–25 May 2008, ISBN 90-6918-225-4, p. 102-105, cat. no.  9.

Geschenk uit de hemel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 14 December 2011–26 March 2012, no catalogue.
References Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Adoration of the Magi, circa 1480
date QS:P,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
-circa 1485
date QS:P,+1485-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, drager: height: 91.6 cm (36 in); width: 71.8 cm (28.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,71.8U174728
, beschilderd oppervlak: height: 89.2 cm (35.1 in); width: 69.2 cm (27.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,89.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,69.2U174728
.
RKDimages, Art-work number 29330, as De aanbidding van de Wijzen, fourth quarter of 15th century
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(1475-1499), height: 90 cm (35.4 in); width: 70 cm (27.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,90U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,70U174728
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40004764, as De aanbidding der koningen, circa 1480
date QS:P,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
-circa 1485
date QS:P,+1485-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, height: 91.6 cm (36 in); width: 71.8 cm (28.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,71.8U174728
.
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20016701, as Anbetung der Könige, height: 90 cm (35.4 in); width: 70 cm (27.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,90U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,70U174728

Web Gallery of Art, as Adoration of the Kings, circa 1490
date QS:P,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, height: 90 cm (35.4 in); width: 70 cm (27.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,90U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,70U174728
.
Source/Photographer Geheugen van Nederland : Home : Info : Pic
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