Adoration of the Magi
Jan van Scorel (Netherlandish, 1495-1562)
c. 1519
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
One of Jan van Scorel’s earliest known works, this image of three kings from distant lands paying tribute to the newborn Jesus incorporates elements of northern and southern European visual traditions. The refined landscape, intricate costumes, and individualized faces of the figures attest to lessons the artist likely learned from his Netherlandish predecessors. The elaborate architectural carvings, on the other hand, recall ancient Roman wall decoration. Van Scorel likely made this work while traveling to study in Italy: the panel on which it is painted is made of fir, a wood rarely used in the Low Countries but one he might have encountered on his way across the Alps. Van Scorel was praised by the first biographer of Netherlandish artists as the “lantern bearer” who brought the Italian Renaissance style back to Northern Europe.
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 44.4 × 55.2 cm (17 1/2 × 21 3/4 in.)
Museum record · 5 owners · 2 exhibitions
Provenance
- Probably a member of the Khuen von Belasy family.
- Von Ferstel collection, Vienna, until 1920.
- Camillo Castiglioni, Vienna, from 1920; sold, Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, November 17–20, 1925.
- Dr. Tietje, Amsterdam, by 1929.
- Paul Cassirer and Co., Amsterdam; sold to the Art Institute, 1935.
Exhibitions
- Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Alte Malerei aus Privatbesitz, 1929.
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Christmas Story in Art, 1938–39, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, Glad Tidings of Great Joy, 1994–95, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, On the Road to Italy: Early Paintings by Dutch Renaissance Master Jan van Scorel, 1998, no cat.
