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ANGELICO, Fra: Adoration of the Magi

🖼 Adoration of the Magi, 1433-34
Tempera on wood
Cortona, Italy

Golden light bathes a procession of richly dressed figures approaching the Virgin and Child, rendered with meticulous detail and luminous tempera. Fra Angelico's devotional scene epitomizes Early Renaissance spirituality, blending courtly pageantry with sacred reverence in a composition that became foundational to Renaissance iconography.

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