# Adoration of the Magi

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BLOEMAERT, Abraham](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 420 x 290 cm

## Commentary

The Catholic painter Abraham, resident in predominantly Catholic Utrecht, painted spectacular altarpieces in the style reminiscent of sixteenth-century Italian painting. He painted this altarpiece, one of his largest, for the church of the Catholic order of the Jesuits in Brussels, in the Southern Netherlands. Such commissions were extremely rare in the Dutch Republic. Bloemaert&#39;s jubilant colour and festive pageantry befitted the theme and answered the Jesuit&#39;s need for a lively backdrop to their main altar.

## Related artworks

- [A Cottage \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/a-cottage-recto-rce33126f7e0523>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r0233f92cdc5a5c>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/adoration-of-the-shepherds-ra2fff31576a314>)
- [Allegory of Winter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/allegory-of-winter-r7f22375e4eada8>)
- [Apollo and Diana Punishing Niobe by Killing her Children](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/apollo-and-diana-punishing-niobe-by-killing-her-children-rb7c7f7dee7b324>)
- [Charikleia and Theagenes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/charikleia-and-theagenes-r0250f09749c372>)
- [Farmyard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/farmyard-r3b5111bcdb8d71>)
- [Farmyard with Dovecote](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/farmyard-with-dovecote-r5647939367b815>)
- [Huntsman with Dogs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/huntsman-with-dogs-rac6035b626e967>)
- [Landscape with Peasants Resting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/landscape-with-peasants-resting-rb2d3cdab9b8fac>)
- [Landscape with the Parable of the Tares among the Wheat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/landscape-with-the-parable-of-the-tares-among-the-wheat-r5ab5b437c58350>)
- [Landscape with the Prophet Elijah in the Desert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/landscape-with-the-prophet-elijah-in-the-desert-r15ae38ca462445>)

## Attribution

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