Adoration of the Magi refers to two oil on canvas paintings by El Greco, both probably painted in 1568[1] or 1569.[2] One is in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City and the other in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano in Madrid, referred to as X-2 and X-3 respectively in Harold Wethey's catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.[3]
This era of the artist's oeuvre synthesised the Byzantine, Venetian and Sienese traditions of painting and combined them with Counter-Reformation iconography, which would later become evident in Toledo.[1] The colours in particular show a clear influence from Venetian Mannerism.[1]
References
- ^ a b c (in Spanish) Fundación Carlos Slim A.C. (ed.). Seis siglos de arte. Cien grandes maestros. p. 359. ISBN 968-7794-30-5.
- ^ (in Spanish) Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural en España, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (ed.). Domenikos Theotokopoulos 1900 El Greco. México, D. F.: TF Editores.
- ^ Wethey, Harold E. op. cit. pp. 181–182.
Bibliography
- Wethey, Harold; El Greco y su Escuela (Volumen-II) ; Ediciones Guadarrama; Madrid-1967
- (in Spanish) Pita Andrade, José Manuel; La "Adoración de los pastores" de El Museo del Prado, dentro del libro "El Greco"; Círculo de Lectores; ISBN 978-84-8109-459-6
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