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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
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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
hall 0.1
Accession number
SK-A-2150 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
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.
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Source/Photographer Own work Taken on 15 February 2009 Photo by Szilas in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
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