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The Meeting of the Magi
Also titled De ontmoeting van de koningen
Adriaen van Wesel (Utrecht, 1415–na 1)
c. 1475 - c. 1477
- Medium
- oak (wood)
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- height 76.5 cm x width 91 cm x depth 20 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
These figures were part of a large altar in the chapel of the Confraternity of Our Lady in ‘s Hertogenbosch. This was a highly innovative altar, with its lively, expressive scenes and figures. Five fragments are arranged here in their original order. The adoration of the newborn Child (now missing) by the Virgin, Joseph and the angels was at the very centre of the altar.
