The Adoration of the Kings, Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1619

Identification

Title(s)

The Adoration of the Kings
The Adoration of the Magi

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4188

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, bottom left: ‘HT-Brugghen fecit 1619’

Description

De aanbidding der koningen. Links de heilige familie. Een van de koningen knielt en biedt een kelk met deksel aan, achter hem een knecht met een tulband met kroon. De twee andere koningen hebben kostbare metalen bekers in de hand.

Creation

Artist

painter: Hendrick ter Brugghen (signed by artist)

Dating

1619

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 132.5 cm × width 160.5 cm

Subject

What

adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

Acquisition

purchase 1970

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; private collection, Yorkshire;{Note RMA.}...; dealer, B. Cohen & Sons, London;{Note RMA.}...; sale, H.H. the Prince de Ligne et al., London (Sotheby’s), 10 July 1968, no. 38, as unknown artist, unsold;...; from the dealer B. Cohen & Sons, London, fl. 318,000, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Fotocommissie, 1970

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

L'âge d'or hollandais : de Rembrandt à Vermeer avec les trésors du Rijksmuseum, p. 190-191, cat.nr. 76
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art : masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis, Lynn Federle Orr, Thomas Padon, Ruud Priem, Marijn Schapelhouman, J.P. Sigmond, p. 156-157
L'âge d'or hollandais : de Rembrandt à Vermeer avec les trésors du Rijksmuseum, Marc Restellini, Hélène Desmazières, Ruud Priem, Alexandre Curnier, p. 35
125 jaar openbaar kunstbezit : met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt, p. 117, 143, 218
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 90-91
Rembrandt and the Golden Age : highlights from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, cat.nr. 34
Museumschatten, p. 93-96, afb.
Nieuw licht op de Gouden Eeuw : Hendrick ter Brugghen en zijn tijdgenoten, Albert Blankert, Marten Jan Bok, Leonard Joseph Slatkes
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 155
Restauratie-verslag van Hendrick ter Brugghen's Aanbidding der koningen, Luitsen Kuiper
De aanbidding der koningen en ander vroeg werk van Hendrick ter Brugghen, Pieter J.J. van Thiel
Hendrick de Keyser as a sculptor of small bronzes : his Orpheus and Cerberus identified, C.H.F. Avery, p. 21, afb. 24
Aanwinst van het Rijksmuseum, p. 151, afb. 1

Persistent URL

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