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BOSCH, Hieronymus: Adoration of the Child

🖼 Adoration of the Child, -
Oil on wood
66 × 43 cm
Cologne, Germany

Soft light bathes the humble stable scene as Mary kneels before the newborn Christ, surrounded by weathered wooden beams and intimate figures in prayer. Bosch transforms the sacred nativity into a deeply human moment, blending spiritual reverence with vivid naturalistic detail characteristic of Netherlandish devotional art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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