Die Anbetung der Könige,

1753

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

408 x 210,5 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XII

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

1159

Acquisition

Erworben 1804 als Säkularisationsgut aus dem Benediktinerkloster Münsterschwarzach

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Die Anbetung der Könige, 1753, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/A9xlyOeLWv (Last updated on 24.08.2023)

This painting was created for the church at Münsterschwarzach Abbey. It was one of the so-called ‘winter pictures’ that Tiepolo completed when he had to stop work on the frescoes in the Residence in Würzburg. The rousing festive scene of the Adoration is theatrically staged on the steps of a ruined temple. The figures shown from behind, which frame the work, lead the viewer’s eye directly into the scene full of colour and light. Tiepolo’s work in Würzburg represented the apex of the fame enjoyed by Venetian painting throughout Europe in the eighteenth century.