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VERONESE, Paolo: Adoration of the Magi

🖼 Adoration of the Magi, 1582
Oil on canvas
Venice, Italy

Golden light floods a vast architectural space where richly dressed figures converge around the Holy Family. Veronese's panoramic composition transforms the intimate biblical scene into a grand Venetian pageant, celebrating both religious devotion and worldly splendor with characteristic Renaissance opulence.

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