Adoration of the Magi by Bartolomé Estéban Murillo

The Adoration of the Magi is the name traditionally given to a Christian religious scene in which the three Magi, almost always represented as kings, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh: in the church calendar, this event is commemorated as the Feast of the Epiphany. Christian iconography has considerably expanded the bare account given in the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew (2:1-11) and used it to press the point that Jesus was recognized, from his earliest infancy, as king of the earth. Adoration of the Wise Men by Murillo The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Adoration of the Wise Men by Murillo The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Murillo Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (January 1, 1618 - April 3, 1682) was a Spanish painter from Seville. ... The Three Wise Men are given the names Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar in this late 6th century mosaic from the Basilica of St Apollinarius in Ravenna, Italy. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... 100g of frankincense resin. ... 100g of Myrrh. ... The Gospel of Matthew (literally: according to Matthew, Greek: Κατα Μαθθαιον ) is one of the four Gospel accounts of the New Testament. ...

For this reason, the three kings are shown as diverse as possible, and the scene often includes a fair diversity of animals as well: the ox and ass from the Nativity scene are usually there, but also the horses, camels, dogs, and falcons of the kings and their retinue, and sometimes other animals, such as birds in the rafters of the stable. The Adoration of the Magi is occasionally also conflated with the Adoration of the Shepherds from the account in the Gospel of Luke (2:8‑20), an opportunity to bring in yet more human and animal diversity; in some compositions (triptychs for example), the two scenes are contrasted or set as pendants to the central scene, usually a Nativity. A traditional nativity scene from Naples, Italy A nativity scene (usually capitalized if referring to the birth of Jesus), also called a crib or crèche (meaning crib or manger in French) generally refers to any depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus. ... The Gospel of Luke is the third of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. ... The Raising of the Cross, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp A triptych (from the Greek tri- three + ptychÄ“ fold) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into three sections, or three carved panels which are hinged together. ... A traditional nativity scene from Naples, Italy A nativity scene (usually capitalized if referring to the birth of Jesus), also called a crib or crèche (meaning crib or manger in French) generally refers to any depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus. ...

Medieval artists usually expressed this human diversity by depicting the three ages of man: a particularly beautiful example is seen on the façade of the cathedral of Orvieto. Since the Age of Discoveries, on the other hand, the Magi are frequently made to represent three parts of the world, and the diversity tends to be racial: Balthasar is very commonly cast as an African or Moor, and Caspar is sometimes given Oriental features. From the artist's standpoint, the Adoration of the Magi is often a bravura piece in which the artist can display their handling of complex, crowded scenes involving horses and camels, but also their rendering of varied textures: the silk, fur, jewels and gold of the Kings set against the wood of the stable, the straw of Jesus's manger and the rough clothing of Joseph and the shepherds. The site of Orvieto is an Etruscan acropolis. ...

The usefulness of the subject to the Church and the technical challenges involved in representing it have made the Adoration of the Magi a favorite subject of Christian art: chiefly painting, but also also sculpture and even music (as in Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors). Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti on an original English libretto by the composer. ...

Treatment by individual artists

Many hundreds of artists have treated the subject. A very partial list of the most celebrated follow, reading like a who's-who of painters:

• Gentile da Fabriano's Adoration of the Magi, now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, is probably the most famous painting of the scene.
• Bosch: Museo del Prado, Madrid
• Botticelli: Uffizi Gallery, Florence
• Pieter Brueghel the Younger: National Gallery, Prague
• Dürer: Uffizi Gallery, Florence
• Fra Angelico: Museo S. Marco, Florence
• Ghirlandaio: Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence
• Benozzo Gozzoli: Convent of S. Marco, Florence
• Leonardo da Vinci: Uffizi Gallery, Florence
• Filippo Lippi: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
• Lo Spagna: altarpiece, Museo S. Francesco, Trevi
• Mantegna: Getty Museum
• Masaccio: predella from the Pisa altarpiece: Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
• Memling: Museo del Prado, Madrid
• Murillo: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
• Nicola Pisano: Baptistry, Pisa
• Perugino: fresco, church of the Madonna delle Lacrime, Trevi; fresco, Oratorio dei Bianchi, Città della Pieve; National Gallery of Umbrian Art, Perugia
• Poussin: Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
• Rubens: Royal Fine Arts Museum, Antwerp
• Tiepolo: Alte Pinakothek, Munich
• Velazquez: Museo del Prado, Madrid
• Rogier van der Weyden: St Columba Altarpiece, Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Adoration of the Magi (1423) Tempera on wood, 300 x 282 cm Uffizi, Florence Gentile da Fabriano (born in or near Fabriano, Marche, c. ... The Uffizi Gallery (Italian Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the most famous museums in the world. ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... Hieronymus Bosch; alleged portrait (around 1560) Hieronymus Bosch, also Jeroen Bosch, Jerome Bosch,(c. ... The Museo del Prado is a famous museum and art gallery located in Madrid, Spain. ... Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ... Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (Florence March 1, 1445 - May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). ... Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564 – 1638) was a Flemish Renaissance painter, son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. ... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Self-Portrait, 1493, Oil on Canvas Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528) was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and mathematician of Hungarian ancestry. ... Il Beato Fra Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole (the Beatified Friar John the Angelic of Fiesole) (Vicchio di Mugello, Florence 1395 – Rome 1455), better known in the English-speaking world as Fra Angelico (the Angelic Friar), or in Continental Europe as Beato Angelico (the Blessed Angelic One) was a famous painter... An Old Man and with a Strawberry Nose (1480). ... Benozzo Gozzoli Three Wise Men, fresco in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, 1459-1461. ... Leonardo da Vinci (Born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy, and died in May 2, 1519 in Cloux, France) was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter. ... Madonna and Child 1440-45, tempera on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Fra Filippo Lippi (1406 - October 9?, 1469), commonly called Lippo Lippi, one of the most renowned painters of the Italian quattrocento, was born in Florence; his father, Tommaso, was a butcher. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Lo Spagna (d. ... Trevi (Latin: Trebiae), an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, 42°53′N 12°45′E, at 424 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on the lower flank of Mt. ... The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c. ... View of a building at the Getty Center, from the Central Garden. ... Trinity 1425-28 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm Santa Maria Novella, Florence Tommaso Masaccio (born Tommaso Cassai) (1401-1428), was a renowned painter of frescoes during the Italian Renaissance. ... The Gemäldegalerie is one of the worlds leading collections of European art from the 13th to 18th century. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... St Ursula Shrine by Hans Memling (1489) Gilded and painted wood, 87 x 33 x 91 cm Memlingmuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges Hans Memling (Memlinc) (c. ... Murillo Bartolom Est ban Murillo (January 1, 1618 - April 3, 1682) was a Spanish painter from Seville. ... Nickname: The Glass City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Nicola Pisano (c. ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Christ presenting the Keys to St Peter Fresco, 335 x 550 cm Sistine Chapel, Rome Pietro Perugino (1446-1524), whose family name was properly Vannucci, Italian painter, was born at Città della Pieve in Umbria, and belongs to the Umbrian school of painting. ... Trevi (Latin: Trebiae), an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, 42°53′N 12°45′E, at 424 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on the lower flank of Mt. ... Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ... Et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin. ... Dresden is the capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony and situated in a valley on the River Elbe. ... Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (June 28, 1577 - May 30, 1640) was a Flemish baroque painter. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Renaissance Belgian painter Rubens. ... The Death of Hyacinth Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (March 5, 1696 - March 27, 1770) was a Venetian painter. ... Munich and the Bavarian Alps Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Las Meninas, painted in 1656. ... Deposition by Roger van der Weyden (c. ...

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