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From the Pilgrims' Madonna at the Basilica of St. Augustine to the Martyrdom of St. Ursula that closes the "Caravaggio 2025" ...
Rembrandt van Rhijn‘s Adoration of the Magi from 1632 was rediscovered in 2021. Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images Based on recent headlines, you might think dumpster diving is a ...
From 1890 they began parting with some paintings, including major works by Diego Velazquez, Titian, Anthony van Dyck and Jan Gossaer's The Adoration of the Magi.
In a fabulous Adoration of the Magi from Avignon, which came from Siena or was influenced by it, there is gold on gold: tooled gold on the robes of the kings and the angels, not to mention the ...
The three kings present their gifts to Jesus in Sandro Botticelli's "The Adoration of the Magi" (ca 1478). Botticelli, a Florentine, created several well-known paintings of this scene, which was ...
Our Nativity scenes seem incomplete until the 12th day of Christmas when the Magi finally arrive at Jesus' crib for the first celebration of the Epiphany. Although Matthew is the only evangelist ...
Baby Jesus barely competes with the architectural ruins that are the backdrop for this Adoration of the Magi—a scene usually set in a barn or stable. Despite the distracting ancient temple that ...
Gentile da Fabriano’s “Adoration of the Magi” at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence depicts the journey of the three kings (Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar) to pay homage to the newborn Christ ...
What the Bible does tell us is that there were few people at Jesus’ birth: only his parents, shepherds who attended later, followed by a visit from the magi ... artist Pieter Bruegel in the ...
Leonardo da Vinci, a two-part, four-hour documentary by veteran filmmaker Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon, was broadcast on PBS in November. It is now available for streaming. The film ...
Florentine artists were frequently hired by churches and the city's wealthiest families to paint the Bible's most popular subjects-- the Madonna and Child, the Adoration of the Magi, the Crucifixion.