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品名（中）	东方三博士的崇拜
品名（英）	The Adoration of the Magi
入馆年号	1951年，51.501.6340
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	Jan Muller【1571 至 1628】【荷兰人】
创作年份	公元 1598
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	页: 13 9/16 × 17 3/16 英寸 (34.5 × 43.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	跟随着天空中闪闪发光的星星，三位国王（或法师）和他们的随从已经抵达，向在一个破旧的马厩里避难的神圣家族致敬。玛丽、约瑟夫和基督之子坐在构图的中心，马厩外，由星星照亮，其中一位国王跪在他们面前。他已经把圣杯交给了玛丽，但当他抓住为他祝福的孩子时，仍然用手指夹住杯子的盖子。第二位国王站在右中央，背对观众，除了头巾和手中精心装饰的器皿外，他一片黑暗。第三位国王站在右边，身材矮小，不那么威严。他戴着一顶小皇冠，拿着一个有盖的碗，被星星完全照亮
介绍（英）	Having followed the star gleaming brightly in the sky above, the three kings (or magi) and their retinues have arrived to pay tribute to the Holy Family who have taken shelter at a dilapidated stable. Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child are seated in the center of the composition, outside the stable, illuminated by the star, as one of the kings kneels before them. He has given the chalice to Mary but still holds its lid between his fingers as he grasps the Child who blesses him. A second king stands at the right center, his back to the viewer and he is in darkness except for his turban and the elaborately decorated vessel he holds in his hands. The third king is a shorter, less imposing figure standing at the right. He wears a small crown, holds a covered bowl and is fully illuminated by the star. Jan Muller was one of the most sought-after Mannerist printmakers, engraving compositions of the leading artists of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In the mid- to late 1590s and early 1600s, he made a handful of spectacular night scenes, including the Last Supper after Gillis Coignet (2018.839.109), the Dead Christ Lamented by an Angel after Jacopo Ligozzi (61.658.11), The Raising of Lazarus after Abraham Bloemart (49.95.578) and two original designs by Muller, Belshazzar’s Feast (51.501.6341) and the present work. Instead of the flamboyant engraving technique he used in his prints after the Dutch Mannerists and artists from the court of Prague and these prints are characterized by longer, finer lines and extremely close cross-hatching to create the dense blackness from which the highlights can shine. Wider spaced hatching and cross-hatching provide the middle tones.