Adoration of the Magi (Botticelli, 1475)

Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
Artist	Sandro Botticelli
Year	c. 1475–1476
Medium	Tempera on panel
Dimensions	111 cm × 134 cm (44 in × 53 in)
Location	Uffizi Gallery, Florence

The Adoration of the Magi (Italian: Adorazione dei Magi) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli painted this piece for the altar in Gaspare di Zanobi del Lama's chapel in Santa Maria Novella around 1475.^[1]^[2] This painting depicts the Biblical story of the Three Magi following a star to find the newborn Jesus. The image of the altarpiece centers on the Virgin Mary and the newborn Jesus, with Saint Joseph behind them. Before them are the three kings who are described in the New Testament story of the Adoration of the Magi. The three kings worship the Christ Child and present him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. In addition, the Holy Family is surrounded by a group of people who came to see the child who was said to be the son of God.^[3]

^ Hatfield, Rab (1976). Botticelli's Uffizi 'Adoration' : a study in pictorial content. Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 0-691-03912-7. OCLC 462476668.
^ Zambrano, Patrizia (2019). Sandro Botticelli and the birth of modern portraiture. ISBN 9781787354616.
^ Miklós, Boskovits, ed. (2003). Italian paintings of the fifteenth century. Washington: National Gallery of Art. pp. 145–146. ISBN 0-89468-305-5. OCLC 52687917.

[Hatfield-1976-1] Hatfield, Rab (1976). Botticelli's Uffizi 'Adoration' : a study in pictorial content. Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 0-691-03912-7. OCLC 462476668.

[Zambrano-2019-2] Zambrano, Patrizia (2019). Sandro Botticelli and the birth of modern portraiture. ISBN 9781787354616.

[3] Miklós, Boskovits, ed. (2003). Italian paintings of the fifteenth century. Washington: National Gallery of Art. pp. 145–146. ISBN 0-89468-305-5. OCLC 52687917.

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