The Adoration of the Magi in the Snow
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Religious |
Date | 1563 |
Dimensions | 33 x 55 cm |
Support | Panel |
Medium | Oil |
Signature | M.D.LXIII/ BRUEGEL |
Signature location | Lower left |
Further inscription | "243" painted in black on the center of the reverse. |
Attribution authorities | Sellink, cat. #126: accepted., Doubtful. Tolnay 1935., Accepted. Friedländer 1937., Accepted. Grossmann 1973., Accepted. Marijnissen 1988. |
Location | Winterthur, Switzerland |
Collection | Am Römerholz |
General Notes | Annotation by Antwerp art collector Peeter Stevens in his copy of Van Mander's Schilder-Boeck mentions that he saw 'een cleyn stuxken daer het sneeut' ('a small painting in which it is snowing'). Painting may have been in possession of Johan Moritz Graf Saurma according to label on the reverse. |
Iconclass Code | 73B23 |
Tags | Everyday life, Winter, Village, Crowd, New Testament |
External resources | Am Römerholz |