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Geertgen tot Sint Jans: The Adoration of the Magi  wikidata:Q11821336 reasonator:Q11821336
Artist
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
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q360888
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title

Alternative title(s):

De aanbidding van de Wijzen
RKDimage, Kunstwerknummer 29330
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The three magi represent three generations and the three continents known in the Middle Ages: Europe, Asia and Africa.
Nederlands: Rechts de heilige familie voor de stal in een ruïne. Links de drie koningen met hun geschenken. In het landschap op de achtergrond de aankomst van de drie stoeten van de koningen.
Depicted people
Date from 1480 until 1485
date QS:P571,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1485-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 89.2 × 69.2 cm (35.1 × 27.2 in)
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Rijksmuseum
Accession number
SK-A-2150
Place of creation Haarlem
Object history

20 April 1904: sale of the collection of Willem Hekking Jr. (1825-1904), Amsterdam, at L. Gijselman, Amsterdam, lot no. 7, for NLG 3,000

July 1904: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, inv. SK-A-2150, for NLG 3,920
Exhibition history 2011-2012, Geschenk uit de hemel, Amsterdam
1.12.2003-1.03.2013 on loan to Rotterdam
2003-2008, Bruikleen tijdens renovatie RM Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2008 Het begin van de Hollandse schilderkunst. Van Geerten tot Sint Jans tot Lucas van Leyden, Rotterdam
on loan to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam during renovations RM
References RKDimages, Art-work number 29330
Web Gallery of Art
Source/Photographer Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue.
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