Adoration of the Magi
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The Adoration of the Magi or Adoration of the Kings or Visitation of the Wise Men is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as
Gerard David, Adoration of the Kings, National Gallery, London, circa 1515
Adoration of the Magi, Gentile da Fabriano, 1423
Adoration of the Child Jesus by the three wise men or Magi; sarcophagus relief (4th century), Vatican
Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi, mid-15th century
The Adoration of the Magi is a panel painting in tempera by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi, of the very common subject of the Adoration of the Magi, signed and dated 1496. It is now i
Inscription on back: Filippus me pinsit de Lipis florentinus addi 29 di marzo 1496
Fig 1:Yellow robe- Pierfrancesco de'MediciRed rode- Lorenzo de'MediciBrown robe (left)- Lorenzo's page
Fig 2: Close up of pyramidal structure of the key figures
Fig 3: Close up of African man and man with tiraz cloak