Master of the Antwerp Adoration
Illustration — Triptych: Adoration of the kings, 16th century, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp showing exotic clothing and Antwerp Mannerist poses The Master of the Antwerp Adoration (active 1500 – 1520) was a Flemish painter in the style of Antwerp Mannerism, whose compositions are typically filled with agitated figures in exotic, extravagant clothes. His notname is from a triptych showing the Adoration of the Magi, acquired by the Antwerp Museum of Fine Arts. He was active in Antwerp.
Also recorded as Master Of The Antwerp Adoration · meister von linnich · Meister der Antwerpener Anbetung · Meester van de Antwerpse Aanbidding
Master of the Antwerp Adoration
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- Born
- 1500
- Nationality
- Southern Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- Northern Renaissance
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Illustration — Triptych: Adoration of the kings, 16th century, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp showing exotic clothing and Antwerp Mannerist poses The Master of the Antwerp Adoration (active 1500 – 1520) was a Flemish painter in the style of Antwerp Mannerism, whose compositions are typically filled with agitated figures in exotic, extravagant clothes. His notname is from a triptych showing the Adoration of the Magi, acquired by the Antwerp Museum of Fine Arts. He was active in Antwerp.
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He was identified by Max J. Friedlander as the same person as the Master of Linnich. Little else is known. Despite various attempts to match him to recorded names of artists of the time, a leading scholar described the question of his identity in 2007 as "still up in smoke".
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Northern Renaissance. Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp. Work by Master of the Antwerp Adoration is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Art Institute of Chicago, Bonnefanten Museum and Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.
Apart from the Antwerp triptych, another with the same main subject in the Oldmasters Museum in Brussels (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium) is by the master, and Peter Van Den Brink suggests a large triptych altarpiece on the basis of several fragments. Several other works have been attributed.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Master Of The Antwerp Adoration, meister von linnich, Meister der Antwerpener Anbetung and Meester van de Antwerpse Aanbidding.
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1500
Master of the Antwerp Adoration was born in 1500.
1600
Master of the Antwerp Adoration died in 1600.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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