Adoration of the Magi
Artist
Giovan Filippo Criscuolo
(Italian, 1495-1584)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1545
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsOverall: 60 x 33 1/2 in. (152.4 x 85.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 95 3/4 x 45 in. (243.2 x 114.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 95 3/4 x 45 in. (243.2 x 114.3 cm)
InscribedLabel verso: "Richard Feizer, New York"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.294
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204
Label TextGiovan Filippo Criscuolo Italian, 1495–1584 Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1545 Oil on wood Criscuolo produced several versions of the Adoration of the Magi, depicted here. In the biblical story, three kings followed a star from the East to find Jesus and his family and present him with gifts. According to tradition, these Magi had come from the three known continents, Asia, Europe, and Africa. The bright colors, porcelain skin, and exaggerated poses and proportions are typical of Mannerism, a style that emerged in European art in about 1520, after the High Renaissance. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 78.294 ProvenanceSaint Albans Church, Bradford, England; Auctioned London, Sotheby's, March 27, 1974 (cat. no. 91); Richard Feigen Gallery, New York; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1978. Published ReferencesSotheby's Auction Catalogue. "Neapolitan School, Sixteenth Century," AUCTION. London: Sotheby's. 03/27/1974: p. 50, no. 91. Giovanni Previtali. _La Pitura del Cinquecento a Napoli nel Vicereame_. Turin, 1978, p. 19. Eric M. Zafran. "Italian Painting Added to Collection," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Vol. 7, no. 10. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum. 10/1978. Jefferson C. Harrison. "Italian Art - Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century," _The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum. 1987: no. 15. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991, p. 11, #10. Don Harrison, "Art Unveiled," _Coastal Virginia Magazine,_ April 2014, 50.
