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MANTEGNA, Andrea: The Adoration of the Magi

🖼 The Adoration of the Magi, 1460-64
Tempera on wood
76 × 77 cm
Florence, Italy

Rendered in precise linear perspective, three kings present gifts to the Christ Child in a rocky, classical landscape. Mantegna's work synthesizes Renaissance humanism with religious devotion, establishing the Magi narrative as an ideal of courtly virtue and antiquarian learning.

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