1811
oil
panel
From the collection of Hamburger Kunsthalle
L'Adoration des mages is a 1811 oil by Johann Friedrich Overbeck, a Nazarene Movement work, held at Hamburger Kunsthalle.
This painting depicts a scene with a group of people gathered around a baby. The baby is being held by a woman in a blue robe, and several men are kneeling or standing around them, offering gifts. One man in a red robe is holding a red orb above his head. In the background, there are rolling hills and mountains under a blue sky. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of reverence and celebration. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this work, you might want to look up Johann Friedrich Overbeck.
Johann Friedrich Overbeck (3 July 1789 – 12 November 1869) was a German painter and a founder of the Nazarene art movement.
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