About the Artwork
Adoration of the Magi, St. Severus and St. Walburga, St. James and St. Philip
ca. 1410
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German
German
Oil and gilding on oak panel
Overall (Open): 31 11/16 × 37 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (80.5 × 95.9 × 13.3 cm) Overall (Closed): 32 × 19 × 5 inches (81.3 × 48.3 × 12.7 cm)
Paintings
European Painting
City of Detroit Purchase
26.106
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
probably St. Martin or St. Thomas convent (Andernach, Germany) or possibly Marienberg convent (Boppard, Germany)
early 19th century, possibly Jean-Claude Lassaulx
collection of Freiin von Huene (Unkel, Germany)
possibly, collection Heberle
probably May 1902, auctioned by (Lempertz, Cologne, Germany), lot 80
collection of E. Hölscher (Mülheim, Germany)
1916, auctioned by (Lepke, Berlin, Germany), lot 38
possibly, collection Krupp (Essen, Germany)
collection of C. Castiglione (Vienna, Italy)
1925, auctioned by (F. Muller, Amsterdam, Netherlands), lot 38
(Duveen Brothers, New York, New York, USA)
1926-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Passavant, J. D. Kunstreise durch England und Belgien, nebst einem Bericht über den Bau des Domthurms zu Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt am Main, 1833, p. 409.
Firmenich-Richartz, E. Zeitschrift für Christliche Kunst, vol. 8 (1895): p. 342 (check).
"Stattgehabte Versteigerungen, Dieversteigerungdersammlung Schmeil." Cicerone 8, no. 21/22 (1916): p. 451 (ill.).
Johnstone, C.H. "A Triptych by Meister Wilhelm," Bulletin of the DIA 7, no. 8 (1925-26): pp. 87-89 (ill).
Heil, W. P. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, unpaginated, cat. 204 (ill.).
Schweitzer, K.-H. Der Veronikameister und sein Kreis, diss. Bonn, 1933; Würzburg, 1935 [as not Master of St. Veronica, not from Cologne].
Kuhn, C. L. A Catalogue of German Paintings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in American Collections. Cambridge, 1936, p. 23, no. 2 (ill. pl.I).
McCall, George Henry. Catalogue of European Painting and Sculpture from 1300-1800. Exh. cat., New York World's Fair. New York, 1939, p. 68, no. 135, pl. 39 (ill.).
Richardson, E.P., ed. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 52, no. 204.
Stange, A. Deutsche Malerei der Gotik, vol. 3: Norddeutschland in der Zeit von 1400 bis 1450. Munich, 1938, reprinted Nendeln/Liechtenstein, 1969, pp. 121-122 (ill. fig. 161)
[attrib. to Middle Rhenish artist].
Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts: A Check List of the Paintings Acquired Before June, 1965. Detroit, 1965, p. 44. [also see 1970 ed., p. 57.]
Stange, A. Kritisches Verzeichnis der deutschen Tafelbilder vor Dürer, vol. 1: Köln, Niederrhein, Westfalen, Hamburg, Lübeck und Niedersachsen. Munich, 1967, p. 112, no. 348 [attrib. to Younger Aachen Workshop].
Cummings, Frederick J. and Charles H. Elam, eds. The Detroit Institute of Arts Illustrated Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 74.
Zehnder, F.G. Der Meister der Hl. Veronika, diss., Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, Sankt Augustin, 1981, table 3.
Stefan Lochner / Meister zu Köln. Exh. cat., Wallraf-Richartz-Museums. Cologne, December 1993 - March 1994, no. 31 (ill.) [entry by A. Willberg and F. G. Zehnder. Attributed to Younger Aachen Workshop, Cologne, first quarter 15th century].
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German, Adoration of the Magi, St. Severus and St. Walburga, St. James and St. Philip, ca. 1410, oil and gilding on oak panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 26.106.
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