The Adoration of the Magi
Workshop of Cornelis Engebrechtsz. (Netherlandish, 1463-1527)
1515-25
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Materials & printing
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.
Shipping & returns
Made to order and delivered in 5–8 business days (2–4 to print, 3–4 in transit). US shipping only for now. Because each print is made for your order, all sales are final — but if it arrives damaged or defective, send us a photo within 14 days and we’ll replace it free. Full policy.
Why is it this affordable?
A thin, flat margin on every piece — just enough to keep the store running. Most of what you pay is the print itself. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
About this work
The half-length format of this jewel-like painting makes the subject of the adoration of the Christ Child accessible, while the departure of the magi and their exotic followers enlivens the rocky landscape of the background. This picture was probably made for the market of discriminating private collectors just developing in the Low Countries in the early 16th century. Cornelis Engebrechtsz. worked in the northern city of Leiden but apparently made this small painting for export and sale in the more cosmopolitan southern provinces of the Low Countries, then the center of the emerging art market. Its design was copied in several paintings and illuminations made in Bruges.
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 28.2 × 35.6 cm (11 3/16 × 14 in.)
Museum record · 1 owner · 7 exhibitions
Provenance
- Böhler and Steinmeyer, Berlin, May 25, 1914; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago; on loan to the Art Institute by 1920; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.
Exhibitions
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1933, as Lucas van Leyden.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1934, as Lucas van Leyden.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpiece of the Month, Nov. 1938 (no cat.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Christmas Story in Art, 1938–39 (no cat.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Religious Art, 1954.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Glad Tidings of Great Joy, 1993–94 (no cat.).
- Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Lucas van Leyden en de Renaissance, March 17-June 26, 2011.
