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Gold-ground panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with a reclining Virgin, infant in a manger, kneeling magus in red, crowned kings, and angels above.

The Adoration of the Magi

A gold-ground panel painting of the Nativity: the Virgin rests on a bed beneath a wooden shelter while the infant Christ, haloed, lies in a manger. Three crowned, robed figures approach from the right, a kneeling man in red bends toward the child, and angels hover above among gilded clouds.

Artist
Giotto di Bondone
Date
possibly ca. 1320
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3885 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1325).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · 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, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1911

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