Adoration of the Christ Child (Honthorst)

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Adoration of the Child
ArtistGerard van Honthorst Edit this on Wikidata
Year1619–1621
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions95.5 cm (37.6 in) × 131 cm (52 in)
LocationUffizi
IdentifiersRKDimages ID: 240573
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Adoration of the Christ Child (Italian: Adorazione del Bambino), is a c. 1619–1621

Gerard Honthorst in the collection of the Uffizi in Florence.[1]

Painting

The Adoration of the Child shows a moonlit scene with

Wallraf-Richartz Museum
.

  • Adoration of the Shepherds, 1622, Wallraf-Richartz Museum
    Adoration of the Shepherds, 1622, Wallraf-Richartz Museum
  • Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1622, Pomerania State Museum
    Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1622, Pomerania State Museum

Provenance

This painting is one of five paintings by Honthorst in the Uffizi, and all of them feature a

Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who had just returned from a trip to Northern Europe and sent an intermediary to inquire after "6 paintings" that were for sale in Rome.[3]

References

  1. RKD
  2. ^ 739 in Florentine Museum
  3. ^ Florentijnsche Gegevens II by J.A.F. Orbaan in Oud Holland, Vol. 43 (1926), pp. 277-288
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