The Adoration of the Magi

Details

Follower of Hieronymus Bosch
The Adoration of the Magi
oil on panel, shaped top
128.3 x 73.1 cm.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1992, lot 313, as Marcellus Coffermans (£19,800).
with De Beisac, Wiesbaden, where purchased by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present composition is after the central panel of the triptych by Hieronymus Bosch in the Prado Museum, Madrid.

It was most likely painted towards the middle of the 16th Century, when there was a particular demand for paintings after and in the manner of Bosch.

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