Adoration of the Magi (Bosch, New York)

The Adoration of the Magi
Artist	Hieronymus Bosch
Year	c. 1475
Medium	oil paint, tempera, oak panel
Movement	Early Netherlandish painting
Subject	adoration of the Magi
Dimensions	71.1 cm (28.0 in) × 56.5 cm (22.2 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Accession No.	13.26
Identifiers	RKDimages ID: 59406 The Met object ID: 435724

The Adoration of the Magi is an oil painting on wood panel by Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, executed around 1475. It is housed in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, US. A prominent feature of this painting is the strong perspective effect ^[1] and also the copious use of gold leaf, which is not very typical for Bosch. ^[2] The pigments employed are red lake, azurite, lead-tin-yellow and ochres. ^[3]

The precise authorship of this panel is and has been disputed, but in 2016 the Bosch Research and Conservation Project attributed it to Bosch based on evidence in the underdrawing.

See also

• List of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch
• The Epiphany, Bosch
• Adoration of the Magi (Bosch, Philadelphia)

References

1. M. Ilsink and J. Koldeweij, Hieronymus Bosch: Visions of Genius, Yale University Press 2016, pp.58-61
2. Luuk Hoogstede, Ron Spronk, Matthijs Ilsink, Robert G. Erdmann, Jos Koldeweij, Rik Klein Gotink, Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman: Technical Studies, Yale University Press, 2016, pp. 172 – 181
3. Hieronymus Bosch, The Adoration of the Magi (New York), ColourLex

Sources

• Varallo, Franca (2004). Bosch. Milan: Skira.

Further reading

• O'Neill, J, ed. (1987). The Renaissance in the North. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Matthijs Ilsink, Jos Koldeweij, Hieronymus Bosch: Painter and Draughtsman – Catalogue raisonné, Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2016, pp 216–223

External links

• Metropolitan museum
• Netherland Institute for Art History