Circle of Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Aelst 1502-1550 Brussels)
The Adoration of the Magi
Oil on panel
67.6 x 55.6cm (26 5/8 x 21 7/8in)
Private collection
Numerous repetitions of the present work exist with the primary version being the central panel of a triptych listed by Georges Marlier as by the 'Master of the Musée de L'Assistance Publique', named after the institution in Brussels where it is housed
The Adoration of the Magi (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section
title: A Magis adoratur) is the name traditionally given to the subject in the
Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings,
especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him
gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and worship him. The Adoration of the Magi
Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke
van Aelst the Elder (Aalst, 14 August 1502 – Brussels, 6 December 1550) was a Flemish
painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, stained glass
and tapestries. His principal subjects were Christian religious themes. He
worked in Antwerp and Brussels and was appointed court painter to Charles V,
Holy Roman Emperor.
Coecke van Aelst was a polyglot. He published
translations of Ancient Roman and modern Italian architectural treatises into
Flemish, French and German. These publications played a crucial role in
spreading Renaissance ideas to the Low Countries. They contributed to the
transition in Northern Europe from the late Gothic style then prevalent towards
a modern 'antique-oriented' architecture. More
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