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Description: | The Virgin and Child sit by a stable surrounded by ruined classical architecture and a large crowd of figures. A naïve shaped five-pointed star illuminates the scene. Exotic figures are included to foreground left. Very often fifteentth and sixteenth century northern Europe the Magi are made to represent the three known parts of the world, with Balthasar commonly cast a young African or Moor, and Caspar given oriental feature. The costume of some of the figures and treatment of the faces appear to be northern. | Subjects: | religion (Adoration of the Magi) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lisaert, Pieter (Flemish painter, active 16th century) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Flemish School Previously attributed to Francken, Frans, I (Flemish painter, 1542-1616) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8622... | Go to resource |
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