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Painting of the Virgin and infant Christ surrounded by kneeling figures, offering vessels and winged angels, within a gold and blue floral border.

Adoration of the Christ Child

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper shows the Virgin Mary seated with the infant Christ on a cloth before kneeling figures and offering vessels, while winged angels hover above a dark, star-flecked ground. A broad gold-and-blue floral border frames the scene in a South Asian painting style.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1630
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
3006 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1635).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Adoración del Niño Cristo

Acuarela opaca y oro sobre papel muestra a la Virgen María sentada con el Niño Jesús sobre un paño, ante figuras arrodilladas y vasijas de ofrenda, mientras ángeles alados flotan sobre un fondo oscuro salpicado de estrellas. Un amplio borde floral en dorado y azul enmarca la escena con un estilo pictórico del sur de Asia.

Português: Adoração do Menino Cristo

Aquarela opaca e ouro sobre papel mostra a Virgem Maria sentada com o Menino Jesus sobre um tecido, diante de figuras ajoelhadas e vasos de oferenda, enquanto anjos alados pairam sobre um fundo escuro salpicado de estrelas. Uma ampla moldura floral em dourado e azul emoldura a cena em estilo pictórico do sul da Ásia.

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