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Gold-ground panel painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a kneeling king, with crowned attendants, a white horse, and a red-roofed building.

The Adoration of the Magi

A gilded panel shows the Virgin Mary seated at right in a dark blue mantle, holding the Christ Child, while a kneeling king in a red-and-white robe offers a gift. Other crowned and hatted figures, a white horse, and a gold-ground rocky landscape crowd the scene under a red-roofed building.

Artist
Bartolo di Fredi
Date
ca. 1390
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2373 × 3722 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1395).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Español: La adoración de los Reyes Magos, panel de temple y oro

Un panel dorado muestra a la Virgen María sentada a la derecha, con manto azul oscuro, sosteniendo al Niño Jesús, mientras un rey arrodillado con túnica roja y blanca ofrece un regalo. Otras figuras coronadas y con sombreros, un caballo blanco y un paisaje rocoso con fondo dorado completan la escena.

Português: A Adoração dos Magos, painel em têmpera e ouro

Um painel dourado mostra a Virgem Maria sentada à direita, com manto azul-escuro, segurando o Menino Jesus, enquanto um rei ajoelhado, de túnica vermelha e branca, oferece um presente. Outras figuras coroadas e de chapéu, um cavalo branco e uma paisagem rochosa sobre fundo dourado completam a cena.

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