Mary, Joseph and three angels, by Adriaen van Wesel, c. 1475 - c. 1477
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Mary, Joseph and three angels

Also titled Maria, Jozef en drie engelen

Adriaen van Wesel (Utrecht, 1415–na 1)

c. 1475 - c. 1477

Medium
oak (wood)
Classification
sculpture
Dimensions
height 37.7 cm x width 15.5 cm x depth 11 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
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

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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.