Adoration Of The Magi By Hieronymus
by MMA John Stewart Kennedy Fund
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Adoration Of The Magi By Hieronymus
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MMA John Stewart Kennedy Fund
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The Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch, oil and gold on wood, circa 1470-75. Technical examination of numerous works by Hieronymus Bosch has allowed for the reconsideration of his oeuvre. Long thought to be a later pastiche, this panel can now be placed among Bosch's earliest autograph works. The salient features of its underdrawing, the tunnel-like perspective, and certain of the rather wooden figure types with sensitively rendered faces are closely related to other early paintings by the master. The stage-like setting of the scene with a curtain held aloft by angels might indicate that the composition was influenced by religious plays, which were performed in Bosch's hometown of 's-Hertogenbosch. The Magi, also referred to as the (Three) Wise Men or (Three) Kings were, a group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They are regular figures in traditional accounts of the nativity celebrations of Christmas and are an important part of Christian tradition.
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