# The Adoration of the Magi

- By: Jan Jansz Mostaert (Haarlem, 1465–1552)
- Date: c. 1520 - c. 1525
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: painted surface: height 48.5 cm x width 34 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-671--b7301db43dfdd0bdb0f77b812940fc48)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/gwTXR/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This painting ‘zooms in’ on the adoration of the magi to such an extent that, as a spectator, you feel almost present at the birth. The kings bring gifts for baby Jesus, who is not in a lowly stable, but in the ruins of a palace - that of King David, where, according to legend, Jesus was born many centuries later.