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The Adoration of the Magi
Also titled De aanbidding van de koningen
Pieter Aertsen (Amsterdam, 1508–1575)
c. 1560
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 167.5 cm x width 180 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Stichting Collectie P. en N. de Boer
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This altarpiece, which originally had two wings, is dedicated to the adoration of the newborn baby Jesus by the three magi, each of whom was represented on one of the panels. This centre panel depicts only the oldest king.
