Adoration of the Kings. Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Elder,

Adoration of the Kings. Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

1564
Oil on oak
112.1 × 83.9 cm
Inscription summary Signed; Dated
London, National Gallery

Acquisition credit Bought with contributions from the Art Fund and Arthur Serena through the Art Fund, 1920
Inventory number NG3556
Location Room 14
Art route(s) C

The Adoration of the Kings is an oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1564. It is currently held and exhibited at 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
* 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
Cf. Pietro Allegretti, Brueghel, Skira, Milano 2003. ISBN 0-00-001088-X (Italian)
External links
The Adoration at the National Gallery
Bosch Bruegel Society
99 works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Complete list of paintings which includes all of the 100 proverbs from the painting, with explanation (in French).
Creativity Brueghel laid the foundation of the Netherlands School
The Magi in Mosaics, Paintings and Sculpture
"The Three Wise Men in Paintings" (more than 300)
"Bruegel". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.

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Anbetung der Heiligen Drei Könige. Pieter Bruegel d. Ä.

1564, Öl auf Holz, 112.1 × 83.9 cm
London, Nationalgalerie

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Η Προσκύνηση των Μάγων. Πήτερ Μπρίγκελ ο πρεσβύτερος

1564
Λάδι σε δρυ
112,1 × 83,9 εκ

, Λονδίνο, Εθνική Πινακοθήκη,

Αριθμός Ευρετηρίου NG3556
Τοποθεσία Δωμάτιο 14
Διαδρομή τέχνης C

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