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Adoration of the Kings (Bruegel)

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The Adoration of the Kings
ArtistPieter Bruegel the Elder
Year1564, signed and dated at bottom right "BRVEGEL M.D.LXIIII"
TypeOil on panel
Dimensions111 cm × 83.5 cm (44 in × 32.9 in)
LocationNational Gallery, London

The Adoration of the Kings is an oil-on-panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi by the Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1564, and now in the National Gallery, London.

Description

In the chronological sequence of Bruegel's work, this painting of 1564 marks an important departure as the first to be composed almost exclusively of large figures. The group of people, taken from Italian mannerist painters like Parmigianino, permits Bruegel to concentrate on individual faces, giving each a quite distinct, and sometimes grotesque, expression.[1]

This emphasis on the uniqueness of each figure, and Bruegel's lack of interest in depicting ideal beauty in the Italian manner, makes it clear that although borrowing an Italian compositional scheme, Bruegel is putting it to quite a different use. In this treatment, the painter's first purpose is to record the range and intensity of individual reactions to the sacred event.[2]

References

  1. ^ * Jean Gossart, The Adoration of the Kings, Lorne Campbell, from 'The Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings with French Paintings before 1600', London 2011; published online 2011
  2. ^ Cf. Pietro Allegretti, Brueghel, Skira, Milano 2003. ISBN 0-00-001088-X Template:It
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  • Complete list of paintings which includes all of the 100 proverbs from the painting, with explanation (in French).
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  • The Magi in Mosaics, Paintings and Sculpture
  • "The Three Wise Men in Paintings" (more than 300)
  • "Bruegel" . Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.

Below a series of images detailing Bruegel's painting:

  • Mary and Baby Jesus
    Mary and Baby Jesus
  • Joseph and a figure whispering
    Joseph and a figure whispering
  • One of the Kings
    One of the Kings
  • Group of figures
    Group of figures
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