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MANTEGNA, Andrea: Adoration of the Magi

🖼 Adoration of the Magi, 1495-1505
Distemper on canvas
55 × 71 cm
Los Angeles, United States

Golden light bathes three kings bearing gifts before the Christ child in an architectural setting rendered with precise linear perspective. Mantegna's 1505 composition revolutionized religious narrative through spatial depth and classical architectural forms, establishing Renaissance standards for devotional scenes.

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