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BOSCH, Hieronymus: Adoration of the Magi (central panel)

🖼 Adoration of the Magi (central panel), c. 1510
Oil on wood
138 × 72 cm
Madrid, Spain

Crowded figures swirl around the Holy Family in a dilapidated stable, rendered with Bosch's characteristic detail and symbolic complexity. This visionary interpretation transforms traditional religious narrative into a densely populated moral landscape, exemplifying Northern Renaissance spirituality and Bosch's uniquely imaginative theological vision.

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E. H. Gombrich
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