The Adoration of the Magi
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
unframed: 29.3 × 18.9 cm · framed: 39 × 29.5 × 3.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the Hanna Fund
Accession Number
1951.353
Tags
male
About this artwork
Little is known about the life and career of Sint Jans. He seems to have been born in Haarlem in Holland in the northern Low Countries where he may have been attached to the Knights of Saint John as a lay brother, and likely produced an altarpiece for that order. (His name seems to derive from his affiliation with the Knights of Saint John.) He died young in his late 20s. Between 12 and 16 paintings are attributed to him. The subjects tend to derive from the New Testament. The original context o...